Published: June 15, 2012
Words: 8,968 (approximate)
Language: English
ISBN: 9781476158440

Short description

Whenever things get rough, Roxanne escapes to other worlds. She has a talent that that no one else believes exists. Except her granddaughter Marissa, who exhibits the same talent. Marissa, who can open windows to other worlds. Roxanne wants to train Marissa to live with her talent, but the rest of the family wants to stop her. With complete bonus story, "Watching the Music Dance."

Extended description

Whenever things get rough, Roxanne escapes to other worlds. She has a talent that skips generations, a talent that no one else believes exists. Except her granddaughter Marissa, who exhibits the same talent. Marissa, who can open windows to other worlds with the movement of a finger. Roxanne wants to train Marissa to live with her talent, but the rest of the family wants to stop her. They’re afraid Marissa will end up like Roxanne, difficult, unreachable, distant. They’re afraid Marissa will not survive Roxanne’s training—or her love.

With complete bonus story, "Watching the Music Dance."

“Kristine Kathryn Rusch may be one of the most sure-footed authors in science fiction, never straying from the path of good story-telling as she dissects her characters and their situations for the reader’s benefit.”
—Science Fiction Weekly

International bestselling writer Kristine Kathryn Rusch has won two Hugo awards, a World Fantasy Award, and three Asimov’s Readers Choice Aw.. (Read more) Whenever things get rough, Roxanne escapes to other worlds. She has a talent that skips generations, a talent that no one else believes exists. Except her granddaughter Marissa, who exhibits the same talent. Marissa, who can open windows to other worlds with the movement of a finger. Roxanne wants to train Marissa to live with her talent, but the rest of the family wants to stop her. They’re afraid Marissa will end up like Roxanne, difficult, unreachable, distant. They’re afraid Marissa will not survive Roxanne’s training—or her love.

With complete bonus story, "Watching the Music Dance."

“Kristine Kathryn Rusch may be one of the most sure-footed authors in science fiction, never straying from the path of good story-telling as she dissects her characters and their situations for the reader’s benefit.”
—Science Fiction Weekly

International bestselling writer Kristine Kathryn Rusch has won two Hugo awards, a World Fantasy Award, and three Asimov’s Readers Choice Awards. Her latest novel is Boneyards from Pyr. Blowback, the next novel in her Retrieval Artist series, will appear from WMG Publishing later this year.
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Tags

science fiction, family relationships, nearfuture science fiction, multiple worlds, timeslip science fiction

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Review by: Kevin A. Lyons on Dec. 16, 2012 :
This single volume includes both "Worlds Enough ... and Time" and "Watching the Music Dance." I didn't make the connection right away, but these same two stories are available with "Watching the Music Dance" as the lead story. In reading the descriptions of the stories before making my purchase I didn't catch that. I passed up "Watching ..." since the description didn't appeal to me as much.

I like the idea of getting a story free story, but I'd be concerned that someone might inadvertently buy both packages and wind up with duplicates. Also, a person interested in "Watching ..." might not look here for a review.

Anyway, back to the review. I really liked "Worlds Enough ... and Time." It has a very Ray Bradbury-esque feel to it -- he even gets name-checked. The characters are all believable, especially the aging "counter-cultural" grandmother, and they all behave in logical ways. The writing is smooth and carries the story right along. Even the setting comes across realistically, and drives the events of the story. The four stars go to this story.

Just as I thought, I did not like "Watching the Music Dance" quite as much. This is not due to any problem with the story itself -- it's just that I'm a former stay-at-home dad, and I currently volunteer with an organization that works with the handicapped, so I'm especially sensitive to the subject of child abuse -- even very abstract, science fictional, child abuse. The story itself is very well written, and if you're interested in it you shouldn't let me slow you down
(reviewed long after purchase)

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