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"Purple Tornado" by David Lawrence (Road Not Taken) 9, 10, 10
"Purple Tornado" by David Lawrence (dhl@elektra.sysun.com). This slice-of-life story in which the narrator meets a girl with all the joi de vivre of a purple tornado is the only story I have ever read with an explicit reference to gallium arsenide, although that term has been obliquely referenced in several other stories. The Purple Tornado is not a silent lover - nor are her partners, who never know what will happen next. The story gives us a taste of her zest for life and of the improbability of her ever having a stable relationship. The author ends with a Robert Frost moment - what would life have been life had he and she settled down together? I suppose it would be unkind to suggest that he married the woman "less traveled by...." Ratings for "Purple Tornado" Athena (technical quality): 9 Venus (plot & character): 10 Celeste (appeal to reviewer): 10 |