loppear reviewed The Past Is Red by Catherynne M. Valente (duplicate)
hilariously mad cli-fi
4 stars
Funny and irreverent and angry and at home and at peace with living on the garbage heap of our drowned future.
audio cd
Published Sept. 7, 2021 by Dreamscape Media.
Funny and irreverent and angry and at home and at peace with living on the garbage heap of our drowned future.
Tetley was born and raised in Garbagetown, the most beautiful place on Earth. Her friends include a bird, an otter, a plant, and someone called Big Red Mars.
The Past is Red is filled with the lavish, star-spangled language you expect from Valente. The story balances Tetley's rose-tinted optimism with the stark, horrifying nature of her reality.
I still resent how much trad publishing charges for ebooks, but at least this one was well-formatted and expertly edited.