Moons, Pulp Literature PDF Received For Autumn

So perhaps it may be a bit late, but PULP LITERATURE 28 (cf. October 8, September 11, et al.) has at last been published — or at least its electronic manifestation received today, though its order page shows the print issue as well. This is the one with a story of mine reprinted from the July 1993 TOMORROW, “Moons of Saturn.”

So what’s “Moons” about? Let us quote from the contents preview: Then, like trailside inukshuks, memories pile up and tumble away in ‘Moons of Saturn’ by James Dorr, ‘Practising the Art of Forgetting’ by Soramimi Hanarejima, and ‘Starry Nights’ by David Milne.

So there, three for one! Or more to the point, it is of course about Saturn’s moons for one thing. More precisely, about TV coverage — much more detailed than it had, in fact, been at the time — of NASA’s 1980/81 Voyager 1 and 2 flybys of the planet Saturn, as watched by the narrator and his highly imaginative girlfriend. But girlfriend, Phoebe, it turns out is also dying from an unknown disease, which adds the problem of how to cure her.

Added to this are references to the Greek mythology concerning Saturn and his siblings, as identified with characters in the story, some in Phoebe’s mind but others, presumably, in the story’s reality. A bit complicated to explain, but in addition to the admittedly late-publishing (hey, we’re in the midst of a pandemic too, let’s give them a break) Autumn PULP LITERATURE, “Moons of Saturn” is also reprinted in my collection TEARS OF ISIS, for more on which one can click on its picture in the center column.

PULP LITERATURE is a Canadian magazine with a decidedly literary bent (never mind their publishing riffraff like me!) and from what I’ve seen so far a potentially very interesting read. For more, or for ordering, one can press here.