Status Updates From Galaxy's Edge Magazine, Iss...

Old MacDonald Had a Farm? : 4* Man solves the international food crisis with the Butterballs, an engineered animal that is revolutionary. Journalists, including McNeil the narrator, are invited to tour the farm. Staying behind when the other visit the processing plant, one Butterball mentions God. Another journalist says a Butterball asked her not to eat it. It solves a problem, but... McNeil becomes vegetarian.

The Gardener of Ceres: 3* Cute. Couple moved away from Ceres to Serafina and the stars, Mayvonne came back sick and died. "Xenia" comes back to Ceres to claim her body, reveals to their friend Nesha that she is Mayvonne in Xenia's embodiment. They did something illegal to transfer her to a non-sick body and now will do it backwards.

BRIDGING DIVIDES IN SCIENCE, MAGIC, AND LIFE: GALAXY’S EDGE INTERVIEWS NISI SHAWL : Not rating this one. Made me add a few books to my TBR, so it's good.

Cain and Abel: 1* Again, where is the fantastical element? This is just a retelling of the Bible, and not even an interesting one at that...

Touring: 2* Buddy Holly, Elvis and Janis Joplen find themselves in a very small town giving a concert together. Is it time travel? Simulation? No clear answer.

The Last Man: 3* Almost everyone is dead. Valerie is doing some shopping when she meets Andy, who decides to move in with Valerie and Lucy to be "the man". They don't agree with his plans to have children and it ends with Andy in a grave. It was not the first man, but hopefully the last.

Mother's Love, Father's place: 2* The only fantastic elements is a vision. A women is giving birth to twins and the father is considering killing one to avoid a curse. He has a vision and instead leaves with his wife. Somehow he also gave the King an opportunity for reform by burning his palace?

THE LAMENT CONFIGURATION (Alicia Cay): 2* I had to push myself through this story, I didn't like it, I could tell how it would end and the French annoyed me (misuse of plural/singular forms, also weird choice of words (why translate the adjective and not the noun?))