Jubilee

by Karl Schroeder, Victor Mosquera (Illustrator)

Free online fiction (novelette) from tor.com.

“Jubilee” is a new story by Karl Schroeder. His new novel, Lockstep, will be published in March 2014.

This novelette was acquired and edited for Tor.com by editor Marco Palmieri.

Genres: Science Fiction, Short Stories, Fiction, Science Fiction Fantasy

30 pages, ebook

First published February 26, 2014

About the author

Karl Schroeder is an award-winning Canadian science fiction author. His novels present far-future speculations on topics such as nanotechnology, terraforming, augmented reality and interstellar travel, and have a deeply philosophical streak. One of his concepts, known as thalience, has gained some currency in the artificial intelligence and computer networking communities.

Reviews

[Peter Tillman · Rating 3 out of 5]

Romeo and Juliet, in Schroeder's Lockstep universe. Good story, though I liked it better on first reading (this was an inadvertent second). Jubilee is (I think) a preview to his novels "The Million" and "Lockstep." I haven't read either book yet. Story online at https://www.tor.com/2014/02/26/jubile...

[Charles · Rating 4 out of 5]

A tightly written retelling of Romeo and Juliet set thousands of years in the future where humanity has settled thousands of planets by utilizing a hibernation system that is synchronized across all of the planets and spaceships. Of course competing companies have differing schedules to control their own resources, and it is in this difference that the conflict between the families is framed. I enjoyed this story, particularly the technology and the plot built around the Romeo and Juliet characters. The idea of an entire belief system and cultural ideology based on the letters interchanged between the lovers over decades is wonderful. The technologies needed to build the locksteps were fleshed out enough to be believable without pulling back the curtain. This short story made me very excited for the full novel.

[atmatos]

Nope, sorry. I couldn't even skim this one, I just didn't care enough.

[Andreas · Rating 3 out of 5]

Hibernated Romeo-Julia.
Full review at my Blog.

[Kieran McAndrew · Rating 5 out of 5]

Young lovers who only get a chance to meet when the stars align. It's an old story, told before.

Schroeder's interpretation of 'Romeo & Juliet' is fresh and exciting.

[Jennifer · Rating 4 out of 5]

Spoiler Alert:

Take Romeo & Juliet, set them millennia in the future, and write a short story about it. You basically have Jubilee.

But...

It's a beautifully written tale, and a fascinating world that I'm curious to know more about.

[Jon]

4 stars

[Kirsty · Rating 4 out of 5]

such an interesting concept

[Daniel · Rating 4 out of 5]

I loved the premise and the world building of this short story so much that now I really want to read the novel "Lockstep" in the same setting.

[Peter Bradley · Rating 4 out of 5]

My Amazon Review -

http://www.amazon.com/review/R1FA0MFX...