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Mere by Robert Reed
01/10/2004 . Source: Geoff Willmetts 
pub: Golden Gryphon Press. 49 page limited 500 copy edition novelette. Price: $15.95 (US), $23.95 (CAN). NB: Can only be bought direct from publisher hence no ISBN. Check out website: www.goldengryphon.com
This book is one of Golden Gryphon's 500 copy signed limited edition novelettes series. This one is set in Robert Reed's 'Marrow' reality and is the 35 page tale of the immortal woman 'Mere', so named because of her stature. When her starship crashes on Tilia, Mere is mistaken for a goddess by the natives and becomes an integral part of their society for several thousand years and their realisation that their sun is soon to go nova. Mere's life has its ups and downs, including the natives attempts to kill her. Fortunately, her body always regenerates so she's not really under that much threat.
Spanning eons in a novelette isn't always a good idea because so much has to be glossed over and no dialogue until page 10, so if you're after a close-knit story situation, this isn't one of them. Likewise it would have been nice had author Robert Reed had upped the emotional stakes a little for both Mere and the Tila natives. Occasionally, I felt he was reining in the story just to keep the word count down and might have been better to have focused on one event rather than the entire period of time but that's probably me the story editor talking.
If you enjoy Reed's 'Marrow' stories then you'll no doubt want to add this novelette to your collection and should do so before copies run out.
GF Willmetts
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