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A review by garymilczarek
Gypsy by Carter Scholz
5.0
In Fantasy & Science Fiction the interviewer asks Scholz, What would you want a reader to take away from “Gypsy?” In his reply:
"Earth is our place, the place we evolved from and for — for better or worse, till death do us part."
This brilliant story touched me because it portrays our destruction of the world that sustains us and a courageous attempt to transcend it. I resonate with the beauty and horror expressed in the characters' memories of the home planet and their heroic efforts to overcome the failures on their journey. I feel the poignancy of all that is lost as we seem to move inexorably to our demise. I see the truth of the impermanence of all things; I just didn't think I would be a witness to this ending. I feel the same sweet nostalgia and heartache listening to Leonard Cohen's song "You got me singing":
You got me singing
Even though the world is gone
You got me thinking
I'd like to carry on
"Earth is our place, the place we evolved from and for — for better or worse, till death do us part."
This brilliant story touched me because it portrays our destruction of the world that sustains us and a courageous attempt to transcend it. I resonate with the beauty and horror expressed in the characters' memories of the home planet and their heroic efforts to overcome the failures on their journey. I feel the poignancy of all that is lost as we seem to move inexorably to our demise. I see the truth of the impermanence of all things; I just didn't think I would be a witness to this ending. I feel the same sweet nostalgia and heartache listening to Leonard Cohen's song "You got me singing":
You got me singing
Even though the world is gone
You got me thinking
I'd like to carry on