Status Updates From An Exaltation of Stars

The third story is "My Brother Leopold" set more than 450 years after the end of the Old Times, ie modern civilization. I enjoyed the style, which had a lot in common with fantasy, and a lot to imply about religion and politics. Very interesting.

The third story is "My Brother Leopold" set more than 450 years after the end of the Old Times, ie modern civilization. I enjoyed the style, which had a lot in common with fantasy, and a lot to imply about religion and politics. Very interesting.

The second story has an unpronounceable name, and I won't attempt to spell it here, unless I can find it listed somewhere?
Here it is: 'kjwalll'kje'k'koothailll'kje'k
A five-star story. A mystery, a whodunnit, and finally, at the end, it all makes sense. Utterly compelling story, and I feel like I actually learned something. Very enjoyable.

The Feast of Dionysus is well written and compelling, more for John's sake than for any of the religious aspect to the story. I had a particular hope for John's visions, which were not realized. So the end of the story left me flat. But the writing style is otherwise exemplary. I loved the shift from one setting to the other. I felt connected to John almost the entire way.

Just finished. Pangborn's tale is another Tale from a Darkening World of oppressive religion in a pastoral post-apocalypse, and may be the best in the book.

"fumbling at the past like a child with broken playthings"