I don’t know who first spelled the name as “Guinevere,” but I’m forever thankful that it’s the form in most common use, because other options include “Guanhumara” “Guennuuar” “Gahunmare” and “Wenneuereia”
thanks to whichever medieval person decided it was time to stop calling the queen by random horse noises
Older forms of English kept Latin’s gender-specific suffixes -tor and -trix; tor is for men and trix is for women. So a male pilot is an aviator, a female pilot is an aviatrix. A male fighter is a gladiator, a female fighter is a gladiatrix.
This contrasts with the modern system, where tor is for both men and women, and trix are for kids.
Your super power is that you are average, at everything you do.
no, no- imagine how amazing this would be! you’re average- but the key here is at EVERYTHING you try and do
try and get the cure to cancer? well, aint a fingers snap and done cure but its a cure. doctors worldwide are astounded
try and learn how to communicate with an alien race? well, youre not fluent but its passing and humanity hasnt even invented deep space flight- you just managed to get their signal and have a chat
want to fly? well- youre a bit wobbly but goddamn its working
being average at everything is amazing bc if we assume anything you try works then eveything is at least working a bit
Jack of all trades, master of none, better than a master of one
Blurb: Jewish literary tradition has always been rich in the supernatural and the fantastic. In this book, gathered from the best short fiction of the last ten years, twenty authors prove that their heritage is alive and well — in the spaces between stars that an alphabet can bridge, folklore come to life and histories become stories, and all the places where old worlds and new collide and change.
The average of all the ratings I gave all these stories is 3.75 stars, so I’m very happy with this collection! I’ve had bad experiences with anthologies of multiple authors before, but this one was really good.
Being a Jew who loves fantasy, it’s awesome to have a book full of fantasy that centers Jewish characters (well… mostly? There was one story where I couldn’t find any connection to Judaism and I don’t know what was up with that. Neil Gaiman explain yourself).
My favorite stories:
Geddarien by Rose Lemberg, a devastating and beautiful story about a Jewish musician in a ghetto during the Holocaust who plays music for a dancing city.
The Dybbuk in Love by Sonya Taafe, a gorgeously-written tale about exactly what the title says.
Uncle Chaim and Aunt Rifke and the Angel by Peter S. Beage, in which a grumpy Jewish painter is unimpressed by the literal actual angel who appears in his studio.
Semaphore by Alex Irvine, about a boy struggling to come to terms with his brother’s death by absorbing words and etymology.
And those are just the ones I rated five stars. I absolutely recommend this book.
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