In “Brigas Nunca Mais,” Martin L. Shoemaker presents one of the best tales in the issue. A framed narrative about a love relationship told through the voice of the groom at a wedding on board a space ship, this tale delights by featuring dance as a central image and metaphor. Nick Aames, a young officer and young Turk, both competes against and deeply desires a Brazilian astronaut named Rosalia Morais. Nick must make a very hard decision about their relationship. This story features what I rarely see in fiction outside of James Baldwin’s “Sonny’s Blues”: performative language that dances its way onto the page as it enacts what it describes. A very enchanting story. tangentonline/print--monthly-reviewsmenu-259/analog-reviewsmenu-54/2634-analog-march-2015 Among my trusty band of first readers for this story, I must offer special thanks to Dantzel Cherry for reading it with a dancers eye as well as a writers, making sure I didnt embarrass myself with my dance descriptions. Thanks!
Posted on: Thu, 15 Jan 2015 04:48:33 +0000