First Flight: A Tor.Com Original
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The past is another country, in Mary Robinette Kowal’s Tor.com tale of time travel and aviation history. “First Flight” is a finalist for the 2010 Locus Award.
The winner of the 2008 John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer, Mary Robinette Kowal is the leader of fleeting fiction published in Weird Horizons, Cosmos, and Asimov’s. Her first novel, Shades of Milk and Honey, will be published by Tor in 2010.
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Excellent tale, a small bit predictable, but the characters were excellent enough that I didn’t mind.
Reader’s Rating: 4 / 5
This was a nice enjoyable tale. It does lend it self to being fleshed out into a full part tale. For me it’s a ‘wish that could be me’ kind of tale
Take it for what it is, a fleeting tale on a fantastic topic.
Reader’s Rating: 4 / 5
The tale was well told, though predictable. But for me, a time travel tale needs to include a more detailed discussion of thoughts than that is open here. The thought is very intriguing, though, and opens up paths for thought.
Reader’s Rating: 3 / 5
I know it is a fleeting but I do wish it could have been longer. The part aside, the tale felt authentic and it was entertaining.
Reader’s Rating: 4 / 5
It’s a nice small tale; as the additional reviewers point out, it’s a tad predictable, but I thought the characterization was brilliant, especially the depiction of Wilbur and Orville Wright. Ms Kowal has done the background research that lends them verisimilitude. I also wouldn’t mind seeing Eleanor Jackson, the viewpoint character, again in another tale or two …
Reader’s Rating: 4 / 5