Karen Memory, by Elizabeth Bear

[jimhines]

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[jimhines]

Thanks! Updating the post now.

[batwrangler]

There's an excerpt on the Tor website, but I've no idea how to cut and paste links on this iPad.

ETA: tor.com/stories/2015/01/stories/Karen-memory-excerpt-Elizabeth-bear

[jimhines]

Thanks! Updating the post now.

[ariaflame]

Singer sewing machines good and sturdy and are built to last (I'm still using my great-grandmother's)

[starcat_jewel]

Readers might ask if it really makes logical sense to transform a sewing machine into something so complicated and mechanically convoluted.

You don't "transform" a sewing machine into something complicated and mechanically convoluted -- it already is! So IMO that's a perfect realization.

(My attitude about sewing machines is similar to the way some people feel about computers -- it's complicated, it's arcane, and if I touch it the wrong way IT'S GONNA BREAK!)

[akiko]

Are you familiar with the regretsy sewing machine diagram?

[neotoma]

It certainly sounds tempting, but right now I'm wondering why Bear took Bass Reeves and moved him to Seattle?