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Daughter of Necessity
By day she crafts; by night she unmakes. Surely somewhere, in all the myriad crossings of the threads, there is a future in which all will be well. Marie Brennan offers an intriguing new spin on a classic tale.
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32 pages, Kindle Edition
First published October 1, 2014
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Marie Brennan
174 books3,263 followersMarie Brennan a.k.a. M.A. Carrick
Marie Brennan is a former anthropologist and folklorist who shamelessly pillages her academic fields for material. She recently misapplied her professors' hard work to Turning Darkness Into Light, a sequel to the Hugo Award-nominated series The Memoirs of Lady Trent. As half of M.A. Carrick, she is also the author of The Mask of Mirrors, first in the Rook and Rose trilogy. For more information, visit swantower.com, Twitter @swan_tower, or her Patreon.
Marie Brennan is a former anthropologist and folklorist who shamelessly pillages her academic fields for material. She recently misapplied her professors' hard work to Turning Darkness Into Light, a sequel to the Hugo Award-nominated series The Memoirs of Lady Trent. As half of M.A. Carrick, she is also the author of The Mask of Mirrors, first in the Rook and Rose trilogy. For more information, visit swantower.com, Twitter @swan_tower, or her Patreon.
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May 3, 2020
i do love stories like this - stories that take a well-known work as their foundation and then poke around in it to locate the parts of the story that stick out in our minds as unfinished or unexplored. where the heck did heathcliff go for those three years? what were bertha and miss havisham like before all their madness and disappointments? how did gertrude and claudius hook up? and, here - what was up with penelope and that weaving/unweaving cycle? was it just the weary stereotypy of woman endlessly waiting for her man to come home?
this story offers an answer, and on first glance it seems to be a satisfying and reasonable one, drawing from other corners of classical mythology and wrapping it all up in a tidy bow.
but, and this is where i need someone with a better background in greek mythology to step up. my understanding is that while helen of troy had zeus for a daddy, and could therefore claim a little divinity on college applications, penelope's mother was "just" a naiad. which is nice and all for diversity and parlor tricks, but doesn't have the same pull as a goddess.
none of that has any bearing on my enjoyment of the story. i loved the concept/explanation. ultimately, this didn't blow my mind because there was something hypnotic/soporific about the prose that just made me glaze over a little, but it was one of those "this story is fine and i neither loved nor hated it" situations.
it's a solid three.
read it for yourself here:
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this story offers an answer, and on first glance it seems to be a satisfying and reasonable one, drawing from other corners of classical mythology and wrapping it all up in a tidy bow.
but, and this is where i need someone with a better background in greek mythology to step up. my understanding is that while helen of troy had zeus for a daddy, and could therefore claim a little divinity on college applications, penelope's mother was "just" a naiad. which is nice and all for diversity and parlor tricks, but doesn't have the same pull as a goddess.
none of that has any bearing on my enjoyment of the story. i loved the concept/explanation. ultimately, this didn't blow my mind because there was something hypnotic/soporific about the prose that just made me glaze over a little, but it was one of those "this story is fine and i neither loved nor hated it" situations.
it's a solid three.
read it for yourself here:
http://www.tor.com/stories/2014/10/da...
come to my blog!
February 21, 2017
I'm a sucker for Greek mythology. Actually, I love all mythologies. The world of gods and heroes always fascinated me.
This is a short retelling of Penelope's efforts to remain faithful to her absent husband, Odysseus. I say efforts because she had many ambitious suitors who sought personal gain by marrying her.
Now... does anybody know any good adult mythological books?
P.S. You can read it online here.
This is a short retelling of Penelope's efforts to remain faithful to her absent husband, Odysseus. I say efforts because she had many ambitious suitors who sought personal gain by marrying her.
Now... does anybody know any good adult mythological books?
P.S. You can read it online here.
March 7, 2017
A superbe reinterpretation of a famous story, enhancing the original with interesting and well suited reasons (reminded me of Lois Lowry’s Kira from Gathering Blue). It is accompanied by equally beautiful art.
"When morning comes, all is as it was before, her problems unchanged, her desperation the same."The writing is simply beautiful, and I liked the alternating between present (for the reality) and future tense (for marking the gift).
"If she knows what is to come, she will ruin it; she will betray the truth through a careless word or a too cautious act. There is a reason this gift is a thing of gods and not mortals."
"Surely somewhere, in all the myriad crossings of the threads, there is a future in which all will be well."
June 11, 2021
She will fail, and pay the price of that failure until the end of her days.
This short-story re-interprets Penelope's story from Greek mythology. She weaves and unweaves waiting for her husband to return or that's what's different here.
Night after night, fate after fate. She can only keep trying. Surely somewhere, in all the myriad crossings of the threads, there is a future in which all will be well.
I love mythology and Greek mythology is my top favorite. It has beautiful prose but it didn't work for me and I just couldn't get into the story until halfway through.
She wants to weep, seeing what she has woven. The threads fight her, their orderly arrangement belying their potential for chaos. Each thread is a life, and each life is a thousand thousand choices; she is not goddess enough to control them. Only a woman, a mortal woman, with a trace of the divine in her veins. And a trace is not enough.
A wonderful idea but I couldn't enjoy it as much as I had wanted to or thought I would.
2.75 stars
This short-story re-interprets Penelope's story from Greek mythology. She weaves and unweaves waiting for her husband to return or that's what's different here.
Night after night, fate after fate. She can only keep trying. Surely somewhere, in all the myriad crossings of the threads, there is a future in which all will be well.
I love mythology and Greek mythology is my top favorite. It has beautiful prose but it didn't work for me and I just couldn't get into the story until halfway through.
She wants to weep, seeing what she has woven. The threads fight her, their orderly arrangement belying their potential for chaos. Each thread is a life, and each life is a thousand thousand choices; she is not goddess enough to control them. Only a woman, a mortal woman, with a trace of the divine in her veins. And a trace is not enough.
A wonderful idea but I couldn't enjoy it as much as I had wanted to or thought I would.
2.75 stars
October 28, 2015
Night after night, fate after fate. She can only keep trying. Surely somewhere, in all the myriad crossings of the threads, there is a future in which all will be well.
This is a strange little shortie about the outcomes of fate.
I would argue (mark your calendars, ladies and gents) that in this particular case the story was TOO short. I really enjoyed the idea and execution of this story but it wasn't quite long enough to really drive home the message itself.
The writing is beautiful, at times, and then at other times feels rushed and incomplete.
This is a strange little shortie about the outcomes of fate.
I would argue (mark your calendars, ladies and gents) that in this particular case the story was TOO short. I really enjoyed the idea and execution of this story but it wasn't quite long enough to really drive home the message itself.
The writing is beautiful, at times, and then at other times feels rushed and incomplete.
January 17, 2021
A nice retelling of Penelope's role in the odyssey, putting a larger purpose on the constant reweaving of the shroud.
January 19, 2023
for those who enjoy greek mythology—more specifically feminist retellings—, then this short story ticks most of the boxes! it adopts Penelope’s perspective as she awaits Odysseus’ return and, though i know it won’t be a particularly memorable read, it was still beautifully written! it’s extremely short (i’d say the equivalent of 5-10 pages), and it’s available for free on TOR’s website, which makes it perfect if you’re in a slump and are looking for something quick and easy to read!
January 21, 2016
A short insight into one of the characters from The Iliad / Odyssey, this short story tells the tale of Odysseus' wife Penelope who remains in Ithaka together with her son (at first) and has to deal with a host of suitors after her husband is declared dead.
A very short story indeed but I was immediately immersed in ancient Greece (although I was reading the story in the office where there is always a commotion, the writing style was that good), I could feel the thread in my fingers and the queen's despair! Also, I wanted to beat the living hell out of that one maid (although there were only a handful of lines about her and what she did)!
A nice "spin" on the events that could have actually happened and finally a female character is the center/hero. :D
P.S.: Let's be real here: the tale of military wives being left at home to deal with whatever is a seriously underrated story that deserves all the attention out there!
A very short story indeed but I was immediately immersed in ancient Greece (although I was reading the story in the office where there is always a commotion, the writing style was that good), I could feel the thread in my fingers and the queen's despair! Also, I wanted to beat the living hell out of that one maid (although there were only a handful of lines about her and what she did)!
A nice "spin" on the events that could have actually happened and finally a female character is the center/hero. :D
P.S.: Let's be real here: the tale of military wives being left at home to deal with whatever is a seriously underrated story that deserves all the attention out there!
July 20, 2015
I don’t normally review short stories and such, but this one caught my eye and I love the cover, so why not? It’s available to read online, for free, here; it’s not a long read, not even really a retelling, but a glimpse behind the scenes. A clever take on a piece of mythology we often take at face value. It answers one simple question.
Why does Penelope weave and unpick a funeral shroud for her husband to delay the suitors?
She’s a clever woman, and this puts her in an active role, taking a hand in her own fate and even her husband and son’s fate. The passive woman of the Homeric epic steps aside to reveal a woman who takes her own fate into her hands.
It helps that the writing is lovely. I can’t pick out a single line or passage: it’s mostly simple, with some of the imagery and phrasing from translations of Homeric verse, maybe a bit of Ovid. It hits just the right note. I do kind of want more, just because I really like the way Brennan interprets the story.
Originally posted here.
Why does Penelope weave and unpick a funeral shroud for her husband to delay the suitors?
She’s a clever woman, and this puts her in an active role, taking a hand in her own fate and even her husband and son’s fate. The passive woman of the Homeric epic steps aside to reveal a woman who takes her own fate into her hands.
It helps that the writing is lovely. I can’t pick out a single line or passage: it’s mostly simple, with some of the imagery and phrasing from translations of Homeric verse, maybe a bit of Ovid. It hits just the right note. I do kind of want more, just because I really like the way Brennan interprets the story.
Originally posted here.
October 28, 2020
3.5
This was too short Greek mythology. A retelling of Penelope, she wove and undo her weaving every day and night, try to remain faithful to Odysseus and waiting for his come back.
''A queen who can trace her ancestry back through her grandmother’s grandmother to the three daughters of Necessity. From them she inherits this fragment of their gift, to spin thread and link it to men, to weave the shape of their fates on her loom. If she continues her efforts …''
''She is not without choices: she has woven a hundred of them, a thousand, a new one every day. But every one ends in disaster. She will not choose disaster.''
This was too short Greek mythology. A retelling of Penelope, she wove and undo her weaving every day and night, try to remain faithful to Odysseus and waiting for his come back.
''A queen who can trace her ancestry back through her grandmother’s grandmother to the three daughters of Necessity. From them she inherits this fragment of their gift, to spin thread and link it to men, to weave the shape of their fates on her loom. If she continues her efforts …''
''She is not without choices: she has woven a hundred of them, a thousand, a new one every day. But every one ends in disaster. She will not choose disaster.''
August 19, 2021
Penelope, the wife of king Odysseus, has been left alone for more than ten years, after her husband left to fight at the war in Troy. Now the war is over but Odysseus has yet to return.
His palace has been taken over by other nobles who wish to marry Penelope and feast on Odysseus' wealth and none of them will take no for an answer or respect Penelope's wishes to not get re-married.
She procrastinates giving them an answer by pretending to weave her father in law's shroud, but every night she takes it apart so she can have more time.
In this story however, Penelope is a descendant of the Fates, the goddesses who weave mankind's fates. She takes it upon herself to weave her own fate and have her husband return to his lawful place and kick the suitors out. But to do that, she has to sacrifice one thing: recognising who he is upon his arrival.
And just like that, Odysseus' and Penelope's fates have been sealed.
My thoughts.
This was admittedly a well written story.
But in terms of plot/action there wasn't much going on.
I liked the aspect of Penelope having some kind of divine ability but that begs the question: why wait 'til now to use it? More than 10 years have passed, there was a war that cost hundreds of lives, why wait 'til now to use a divine gift such as that?
If you made it that far, congratulations!
'Til next time, take care :) :)
His palace has been taken over by other nobles who wish to marry Penelope and feast on Odysseus' wealth and none of them will take no for an answer or respect Penelope's wishes to not get re-married.
She procrastinates giving them an answer by pretending to weave her father in law's shroud, but every night she takes it apart so she can have more time.
In this story however, Penelope is a descendant of the Fates, the goddesses who weave mankind's fates. She takes it upon herself to weave her own fate and have her husband return to his lawful place and kick the suitors out. But to do that, she has to sacrifice one thing: recognising who he is upon his arrival.
And just like that, Odysseus' and Penelope's fates have been sealed.
My thoughts.
This was admittedly a well written story.
But in terms of plot/action there wasn't much going on.
I liked the aspect of Penelope having some kind of divine ability but that begs the question: why wait 'til now to use it? More than 10 years have passed, there was a war that cost hundreds of lives, why wait 'til now to use a divine gift such as that?
If you made it that far, congratulations!
'Til next time, take care :) :)
April 22, 2020
Daughter of Necessity is the story of Odyssia by the POV of Penelope, Odysseus's wife. It is really short overall, but it was well written.
June 11, 2021
This short story re-tells a part of Penelope's story in The Odyssey and tries to give a better reason as to why she weaved and unweaved that loom every day: not because she was waiting for her husband to come home, but in that tapestry she could see the fate of men and she didn't want to doom them all.
She was able to do this because she was a "a queen who can trace her ancestry back through her grandmother’s grandmother to the three daughters of Necessity. From them she inherits this fragment of their gift, to spin thread and link it to men, to weave the shape of their fates on her loom."
It was a little confusing at first because it took a minute to figure out what was going on, but once I did, I enjoyed it.
You can find this short story on Kindle or read it here.
Now I am more excited to read Circe. And I kind of feel like re-watching The Odyssey, too. It's been 13-14 years since I last saw it/first heard the story!
She was able to do this because she was a "a queen who can trace her ancestry back through her grandmother’s grandmother to the three daughters of Necessity. From them she inherits this fragment of their gift, to spin thread and link it to men, to weave the shape of their fates on her loom."
It was a little confusing at first because it took a minute to figure out what was going on, but once I did, I enjoyed it.
You can find this short story on Kindle or read it here.
Now I am more excited to read Circe. And I kind of feel like re-watching The Odyssey, too. It's been 13-14 years since I last saw it/first heard the story!
February 21, 2017
Great little freebie that fleshes out Penelope and why she wove and undid her weaving every day and night. Five stars, highly recommended!
January 1, 2023
“night after night, fate after fate. she can only keep trying. surely somewhere, in all the myriad crossings of the threads, there is a future in which all will be well.”
penelope’s story is a familiar one to most fans of greek mythology, but daughter of necessity lends new power to her weaving and puts a fresh spin on the tale of the faithful wife.
rating: 3.5/5.0 stars
December 16, 2021
Welcome to Day 5 of my 2021 25 Days of Short Stories Christmas Advent Calendar. Each day I will be reading a short story from the collection of over 600 short stories and novellas available for free on Tor.com. This is a collection of horror, sci-fi and fantasy. I will be letting fate (and the random number generator) decide what I read each day.
Day 1: The Art of Space Travel by Nina Allan
Day 2: These Deathless Bones by Cassandra Khaw
Day 3: Swift, Brutal Retaliation by Meghan McCarron> (Trigger warning: Emotional abuse of children and women)
Day 4: Freeze Warning by Susan Krinard
Day 5: Daughter of Necessity by Marie Brennan
You have got to be pulling my leg Random Number Generator and tor.com! Yesterday was Norse mythology and today it is Greek. It’s a conspiracy I tell yah, A CONSPIRACY!! (As I don my qanon hat) But in all honesty, this has been a rather odd selection of stories.
Daughter of necessity is the story of Penelope, wife of Odysseus, you know that guy from Homer’s the Odyssey. Well this tells the story of how Penelope filled the TWENTY YEARS Odysseus was gone on his little jaunt. I only know a little more about Greek mythology than I do about Norse mythology, but the writing was good and the story was interesting. I do know a little about the Fates and their weaving. I have Piers Anthony, the dirty old man, and his Incarnations of Immortality Series for this ill-begotten knowledge.
It will be interesting to see if I ever pull a dude author in the remaining 20 days.
You can read Daughter of necessity here.
Day 1: The Art of Space Travel by Nina Allan
Day 2: These Deathless Bones by Cassandra Khaw
Day 3: Swift, Brutal Retaliation by Meghan McCarron> (Trigger warning: Emotional abuse of children and women)
Day 4: Freeze Warning by Susan Krinard
Day 5: Daughter of Necessity by Marie Brennan
You have got to be pulling my leg Random Number Generator and tor.com! Yesterday was Norse mythology and today it is Greek. It’s a conspiracy I tell yah, A CONSPIRACY!! (As I don my qanon hat) But in all honesty, this has been a rather odd selection of stories.
Daughter of necessity is the story of Penelope, wife of Odysseus, you know that guy from Homer’s the Odyssey. Well this tells the story of how Penelope filled the TWENTY YEARS Odysseus was gone on his little jaunt. I only know a little more about Greek mythology than I do about Norse mythology, but the writing was good and the story was interesting. I do know a little about the Fates and their weaving. I have Piers Anthony, the dirty old man, and his Incarnations of Immortality Series for this ill-begotten knowledge.
It will be interesting to see if I ever pull a dude author in the remaining 20 days.
You can read Daughter of necessity here.
December 29, 2014
☆ ☆
No spoilers and colorful language abound!
I spent the whole time making this face, just waiting for something to happen. It's all happening at once and is over and soon as it starts. Meh. Not a retelling so much as behind the scenes of an old story we know well.
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No spoilers and colorful language abound!
I spent the whole time making this face, just waiting for something to happen. It's all happening at once and is over and soon as it starts. Meh. Not a retelling so much as behind the scenes of an old story we know well.
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February 15, 2018
This is a case of "it's not you, it's me". There was really nothing wrong with this story. I just wasn't crazy about the style (it's very detached) and I didn't find the characters that engaging.
It's basically a short take on Penelope (wife of Odysseus) and what she was up to with that loom while she was waiting for her husband to return. Here, we're offered an alternate explanation as to why she was undoing her weaving every night (and it wasn't just to stall).
If you're really into myths and old stories, or have actually read The Odyssey, you might get more out of this one. For me, though, it was just okay.
Quotable moment:
It's basically a short take on Penelope (wife of Odysseus) and what she was up to with that loom while she was waiting for her husband to return. Here, we're offered an alternate explanation as to why she was undoing her weaving every night (and it wasn't just to stall).
If you're really into myths and old stories, or have actually read The Odyssey, you might get more out of this one. For me, though, it was just okay.
Quotable moment:
She retires for the night, trembling, exhausted. Frightened. And exhilarated. When morning comes, all is as it was before, her problems unchanged, her desperation the same. Gathering her courage, she goes back to the loom.
January 7, 2021
Daughter of Necessity by Marie Brennan tells the story of a queen who can trace her ancestry back through her grandmother’s grandmother to the three daughters of Necessity (the Moirae or Fates). From them she inherits this fragment of their gift, to spin thread and link it to men, to weave the shape of their fates on her loom.
Themes: The story of Odysseus homecoming through the eyes of his wife Penelope.
4 Stars
Themes: The story of Odysseus homecoming through the eyes of his wife Penelope.
4 Stars
January 3, 2021
This was not as good as I'd hoped it would be. I have really enjoyed other retellings of the story of Odysseus and was intrigued to read a story explaining the true purpose of Penelope weaving and un-weaving her veil. Unfortunately, this short story didn't quite land for me - I didn't feel overly invested in the characters and didn't really enjoy the explanation presented by the author. Other people seem to have enjoyed this retelling, and it was well worth the short amount of time it took to read, but I ultimately wouldn't have missed much had I not read it.
January 1, 2020
3.5 Stars
Refined and intelligent storytelling.
October 1, 2014
It isn't even really a retake of a classic tale, it's more a filling in of the blanks, a might have been but we'll never know. A very good quick story.
December 4, 2014
"she kneels...accepting the ignorance wisdom bestows"
March 3, 2019
Loved this re-visioning of the end of the Odyssey, told from Penelope's perspective. Imaginative and tightly written.
February 4, 2023
A beautiful little rendition of such a well known story.
I love mythology and I love women and I love the women of mythology.
I love mythology and I love women and I love the women of mythology.
March 1, 2020
I'm essentially trying to fill the void in my life that is me waiting for my copy of In the Labyrinth of Drakes, book 4 of the memoirs of Lady Trent.
A minor detail in The Odyssey - from what I hear as I haven't read it myself yet - is that Odysseus's wife, Penelope, manages to stay the many suitors vying for her husband's chattel by declaring that she will only choose a new husband once she's finished weaving a funeral shroud. Therefore, it only follows that every eligible suitor takes up residence at her home in order to stake their claim while they wait; essentially eating away any future husband's fortune anyways, but hey, dudes, amirite?
Anywho, this is a short story that delves a little into Penelope's days and nights spent at the loom; weaving and unweaving her seemingly inevitable future. However, there's a bit more going on with her threads than meets the eye. This is Ancient Greece, after all, and they do believe in The Fates.
This very short story has filled me with the belief that I would love just about anything Marie Brennan wrote. I'll definitely test the theory once I finish the memoirs.
A minor detail in The Odyssey - from what I hear as I haven't read it myself yet - is that Odysseus's wife, Penelope, manages to stay the many suitors vying for her husband's chattel by declaring that she will only choose a new husband once she's finished weaving a funeral shroud. Therefore, it only follows that every eligible suitor takes up residence at her home in order to stake their claim while they wait; essentially eating away any future husband's fortune anyways, but hey, dudes, amirite?
Anywho, this is a short story that delves a little into Penelope's days and nights spent at the loom; weaving and unweaving her seemingly inevitable future. However, there's a bit more going on with her threads than meets the eye. This is Ancient Greece, after all, and they do believe in The Fates.
This very short story has filled me with the belief that I would love just about anything Marie Brennan wrote. I'll definitely test the theory once I finish the memoirs.
December 21, 2018
Story 21 in my 24 Days of Shorts
Why did Penelope keep unraveling what she had woven the day before?
I loved how this centered the story on Penelope, and put power in her hands.
read it for yourself here:
https://www.tor.com/2014/10/01/daught...
My 24 Days of Shorts
1. Yiwu by Lavie Tidhar
2. The Night Cyclist by Stephen Graham Jones
3. AI and the Trolley Problem by Pat Cadigan
4. Sleeper by Jo Walton
5. She Commands Me and I Obey by Ann Leckie
6. Your Orisons May Be Recorded by Laurie Penny
7. This World is Full of Monsters by Jeff VanderMeer
8. The Lady Astronaut of Mars by Mary Robinette Kowal
9. Triquetra by Kirstyn McDermott
10. A Human Stain by Kelly Robson
11. Our King and His Court by Rich Larson
12. Errata by Jeff VanderMeer
13. Night's Slow Poison by Ann Leckie
14. A Kiss With Teeth by Max Gladstone
15. God Product by Alyssa Wong
16. Our Faces, Radiant Sisters, Our Faces Full of Light! by Kameron Hurley
17. The Perilous Life of Jade Yeo by Zen Cho
18. The Devil in America by Kai Ashante Wilson
19. Blue is a Darkness Weakened by Light by Sarah McCarry
20. The Too-Clever Fox by Leigh Bardugo - not available
20. The Future of Work: Compulsory by Martha Wells
21. Daughter of Necessity by Marie Brennan
22. Red as Blood and White as Bone by Theodora Goss
23. 'Tis the Season by China Miéville
24. Julian: A Christmas Story by Robert Charles Wilson
When morning comes, all is as it was before, her problems unchanged, her desperation the same. Gathering her courage, she goes back to the loom.
Why did Penelope keep unraveling what she had woven the day before?
I loved how this centered the story on Penelope, and put power in her hands.
read it for yourself here:
https://www.tor.com/2014/10/01/daught...
My 24 Days of Shorts
1. Yiwu by Lavie Tidhar
2. The Night Cyclist by Stephen Graham Jones
3. AI and the Trolley Problem by Pat Cadigan
4. Sleeper by Jo Walton
5. She Commands Me and I Obey by Ann Leckie
6. Your Orisons May Be Recorded by Laurie Penny
7. This World is Full of Monsters by Jeff VanderMeer
8. The Lady Astronaut of Mars by Mary Robinette Kowal
9. Triquetra by Kirstyn McDermott
10. A Human Stain by Kelly Robson
11. Our King and His Court by Rich Larson
12. Errata by Jeff VanderMeer
13. Night's Slow Poison by Ann Leckie
14. A Kiss With Teeth by Max Gladstone
15. God Product by Alyssa Wong
16. Our Faces, Radiant Sisters, Our Faces Full of Light! by Kameron Hurley
17. The Perilous Life of Jade Yeo by Zen Cho
18. The Devil in America by Kai Ashante Wilson
19. Blue is a Darkness Weakened by Light by Sarah McCarry
20. The Future of Work: Compulsory by Martha Wells
21. Daughter of Necessity by Marie Brennan
22. Red as Blood and White as Bone by Theodora Goss
23. 'Tis the Season by China Miéville
24. Julian: A Christmas Story by Robert Charles Wilson
September 12, 2021
3.5/5
This is a wonderful reinterpretation and the “Real” reason why Penelope kept weaving and reweaving that loom. It takes what we know from the Odyssey, deepens and enhances it.
This is a wonderful reinterpretation and the “Real” reason why Penelope kept weaving and reweaving that loom. It takes what we know from the Odyssey, deepens and enhances it.
February 11, 2025
Funky little short story over penelope en hoe ze afstamt van de fates. Het was op het begin echter niet helemaal duidelijk over wie het ging.
December 25, 2019
Me gustó. La mitología griega me encanta, y esta historia corta (y gratuita) ofrece una explicación interesante de un mito muy famoso, y uno de mis personajes favoritos.
Si te das cuenta desde el principio o no de quién es la protagonista, se disfruta igual.
Si te das cuenta desde el principio o no de quién es la protagonista, se disfruta igual.
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