6/12/2023 0 Comments Steel by Carrie VaughnI hope this is the first taste of a new series so we’ll get to learn more about the setting and maybe the characters. Whatever organization Graff belongs to is a mystery all by itself, and it seems to operate at galactic scale, not just within one system, which makes this a space-opera story for sure. There may not be a war ongoing, but there are definitely pirates, and this vessel has armaments. This is a military vessel, and Graff is part of a military organization. But in the process, we learn all sorts of tantalizing hints about the world this is set in. The sort of guy who, when asked, “are you a spy” answers “I don’t think so.” The setting is just one room in sick bay-the action never leaves that one room. (My own experience has been that when you come out to someone who knew you for many years is that the relationship is never again as close as it was before, so Graff has my sympathy, but I also understand how his crewmates feel.) Graff himself is a loveable, guileless character. In particular, his lover has every reason to be upset, since Graff has been lying to him the whole time they’ve known each other. Well done, Carrie Vaughn! In terms of plot, this story is about how Graff is forced to come out to his crewmates as a cyborg and how they cope with it. Review: 2020.129 ( A Word for Authors) Pro: A rare SF/F story with a gay-male romantic element that doesn’t feel forced.
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