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"The Truth About Owls" by Amal El-Mohtar
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★★1/2Synopsis: A Libanese immigrant Anisa relates to the Scottish Owl Center in Glasgow.
Review: The story mixes several cultures - Blodeuwedd, a woman made of flowers, from Welsh Mabinogion, Arabian heritage of immigrants, Israel's bombing of Lebanon in 2006. Simple, but emotionally moving story where a girl tries to stay outside and integrate at the same time.
Enjoyed, but felt very little sff here -- in an anthology like this one, it comes off more as a parable, whereas I bet it'd shine in a less genre- specific collection.
Hillary wrote: "Enjoyed, but felt very little sff here."
A decent story of a little girl growing up in Lebanon and Britain, a foot in each culture.
Like Hillary, I can't find the sci-fi or fantasy here. The story mentions the Welsh Mabinogion, because there's an owl named after one of its characters. Does just mentioning a fantasy make a story a fantasy somehow?
A decent story of a little girl growing up in Lebanon and Britain, a foot in each culture.
Like Hillary, I can't find the sci-fi or fantasy here. The story mentions the Welsh Mabinogion, because there's an owl named after one of its characters. Does just mentioning a fantasy make a story a fantasy somehow?
"The Truth About Owls" by Amal El-Mohtar
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This story is part of the The Best SF&F of the Year, vol 9 (2014) group anthology discussion.
It is also part of our The Long List Anthology — Nore from the 2014 Hugo Nominations discussion