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Ghostweight
2012 Theodore Sturgeon Memorial Award Finalist
Our first piece of audio fiction for January is "Ghostweight" written by Yoon Ha Lee and read by Kate Baker.
Clarkesworld Magazine Issue 52 - Ghostweight by Yoon Ha Lee [63:48m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download (11112)Please Support This Month's Sponsors
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Yoon is an award-nominated Korean-American sf/f writer (mostly short stories) who majored in math and finds it a source of continual delight that math can be mined for sf/f story ideas. Her fiction has appeared in The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, Clarkesworld, Tor.com and Beneath Ceaseless Skies. Her collection Conservation of Shadows will be published in 2013.
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JC wrote on January 15th, 2011 at 10:47 am:
I will have to listen to this story again and possibly read it out as well. I got lost. The main character Lisse was lead by the ghost on a terrorist killing spree. It looked like eventually she believed she was going to be stopped but something else happened entirely.
The origins of the kites themselves was equally gruesome.
It was also interesting that it seemed one lone mercenary was basically doing the same thing Lisse was doing.
Despite those little specks of understanding I was still at a loss. I admire some of the imagery and the concept that things like kites and origami images can be weapons.
JimMcD wrote on April 29th, 2011 at 11:47 am:
So frustrating to realize that no matter how simple you may believe a situation is, it is always way more complicated. Did Lisse ever have a choice?
Have recently been learning Origami and love the imagery!!
As usual Kate Baker held true to the story with ehr strong voice and presentation.