Space and Time, Summer 2010

Space and Time #111

by Hildy Silverman (Editor), Aliette de Bodard (Contributor), W. Ted Weekes (Contributor)

Editor’s Geeble by Hildy Silverman

FICTION:

Fleeing Tezcatlipoca by Aliette de Bodard
Waterlillies by Edward Willett
Passport to Patterdale by Heather Parker
Blessed are the Damned by Kelly Barnhill
Dispossessed by Michelle Muenzler
Sunflower’s Weep by Robert E Rodden II
July 10 by Vaughn Wright
POETRY:

Skíouroi Moirōn by Mike Allen
… A Great Fall by Alexandra Seidel
Haiku by W. Ted Weekes
Nesting by Marcie Lynn Tentchoff
π by Yunsheng Jiang
Pulling the String and Everything by Saint James Harris Wood
NON-FICTION:

Frederik Pohl, 10 Years and Still Writing by Stephen Euin Cobb
Word Ninja by Linda D. Addison
COVER ART:

Patrick Thomas

Genres: Science Fiction

ebook

First published January 1, 2011

About the author

Hildy Silverman was the Editor-in-Chief of Space and Time Magazine for 12 years. She is a short fiction author whose recent publications include, "My Dear Wa'ats" (2018, Baker Street Irregulars II: The Game's Afoot, Ventrella & Maberry, eds.), "The Lady of the Lakes" (2018, Camelot 13, French and Thomas, eds.), "Sidekicked" (2019, Release the Virgins, Ventrella, ed.), and “Divided We Fell” (2020, The Divided States of America, Bechtel, ed.). Her nonfiction articles have appeared in numerous legal and medical professional journals and blogs. In the mundane world, she is the Digital Marketing Manager for Oticon Medical US.

Reviews

[MrsJoseph *grouchy* · Rating 3 out of 5]

Reading: "Fleeing Tezcatlipoca" by Aliette de Bodard ONLY

This one - for me - is really only interesting due to the importance it has to the alt-history timeline.

"Fleeing Tezcatlipoca" feels like a transitory piece with not a lot of real lief outside of that transition.

There's no real sci-fi or things of that nature. It's solidly closer in nature to pure alt-history rather than SFF. "Fleeing Tezcatlipoca" is about just that: refugees from a beginning Civil war and what appears to be a political (and bloodline) purging are trying desperately to get to Xuya for safety.

[Sarah · Rating 3 out of 5]

I read "Fleeing Tezcatlipoca" by Aliette de Bodard. It's Xuya related but is much more closely related to her "Obsidian and Blood" series that takes place in Greater Mexica. I liked the story and it does the job of encouraging a reader to continue with the series.

[Michael]

This review is for Fleeing Tezcatlipoca by Aliette de Bodard

This story is part of de Bodard's Universe of Xuya. To see the premise and story chronology of this universe, visit the Goodreads' Universe of Xuya page.

Review of previous story in this Universe: here.

Fleeing Tezcatlipoca is a tense, plot-driven story about oppressive regimes, personal vs. global politics, and hard choices. I thought the larger picture was presented well here; it was clearer for me than the previous story in the series, "The Jaguar House, in Shadow", but perhaps that is just because the type of political dilemma being described here is a familiar one. The characters were interesting and enhanced the story, the Mexica culture gets a lot of screen time, and the finale was not oversimplified. I'm starting to get invested in the details of this alternate history, and luckily there are a lot more stories to go! 4 stars.

Review of next story in this Universe: here.