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A review by cathepsut
Beneath Ceaseless Skies Issue #225 by Caroline M. Yoachim, A.T. Greenblatt, Scott H. Andrews
4.0
Review for Carnival Nine by Caroline M. Yoachim
I’ve heard it said that every hundred days passes faster than the previous hundred. In childhood, the days stretch out seemingly forever, and we spend our time and turns freely on any whim that catches our fancy. But at the end of our lives, each day becomes an increasingly greater fraction of the time we have remaining, and the moments grow ever more precious.
Bittersweet story. First I was sad that Matts got so few turns. But really it’s not about how many turns you have, but what you make of them, isn’t it? And Zee made hers count, even if in the end she didn’t live the life that she had envisioned.
http://www.beneath-ceaseless-skies.com/stories/carnival-nine/
(Finalist for the 2018 Hugo Awards, Best Short Story)
(Finalist for the 2017 Nebula Awards, Short Story)
I’ve heard it said that every hundred days passes faster than the previous hundred. In childhood, the days stretch out seemingly forever, and we spend our time and turns freely on any whim that catches our fancy. But at the end of our lives, each day becomes an increasingly greater fraction of the time we have remaining, and the moments grow ever more precious.
Bittersweet story. First I was sad that Matts got so few turns. But really it’s not about how many turns you have, but what you make of them, isn’t it? And Zee made hers count, even if in the end she didn’t live the life that she had envisioned.
http://www.beneath-ceaseless-skies.com/stories/carnival-nine/
(Finalist for the 2018 Hugo Awards, Best Short Story)
(Finalist for the 2017 Nebula Awards, Short Story)