![]() The man was short and slight, not much more than a boy, really. Doro waited in silence until he was sure that Rina was honestly, in fact desperately, trying to get rid of her “guest” but that the man was refusing to budge. There the man and Rina were cursing at each other. He shook his head and sighed, covered the little girl up carefully, and went back out to the living room. He uncovered the child, saw that she was sleeping nude, saw the bruises and welts on her back and legs. The rest of the floor was bare wood-no carpeting.ĭoro took in all this without surprise, without changing his neutral expression. There was a pile of dirty clothes in one corner on the floor. The bedroom contained only a bed and a three-legged chest of drawers. Her nose was running.ĭoro touched her forehead lightly but felt no trace of fever. She was three years old now, small and thin, not especially healthy-looking. Doro turned on a light and looked at her more closely. The child was asleep, her breathing softly even. Doro ignored him and went on to the bedroom, following his tracking sense to Mary, his daughter. There was a man sitting on her couch drinking directly from a bottle of Santa Fe Port. But like all his people, she knew him the instant he spoke. He was wearing a body that she had never seen before. She was half drunk and slurred her words a little as she called after him. When the woman opened the door, he pushed past her into the apartment without speaking. He was not surprised.īy the time he knocked at her door, the main thing he wanted to do was see whether his daughter was all right. And though he had made arrangements with a Forsyth bank for her to receive a liberal monthly allowance, she still needed the men. Sometime during his eighteen-month absence, she had moved from the house he had bought her-an expensive house in a good neighborhood. He saw that most of her time away from home was spent in the local bars. He saw the men come and go from her new, wrong-side-of-the-tracks apartment. Now it was almost too late.ĭoro watched her without letting her know that he was in town. For the sake of the daughter she had borne him, he should have visited her more often. Doro had left her alone for eighteen months. Use common sense when reading about a book or author you don't wanted spoiled.Doro’s widow in the southern California city of Forsyth had become a prostitute. Comments with spoilers will not be moderated, and hidden spoilers are discouraged in discussions about individual books. The cognitive slurry of generative AI adds no value and will be treated as spam. Users come here for the opinions of and discussion with other human beings. Polls are not allowed without prior permission from the moderators.Ħ: Tag digital book deals with and in post titleĮxample of an acceptable post title: Such-and-such book by so-and-so is $2.99! Text posts containing an image link must include a text explanation of the context around the image. This means no posting, linking, or recommending your own content, or any content produced by a person or company you're affiliated with. This includes, but is not limited to, hate speech and fighting about politics. All mod actions will be taken with these goals in mind. ![]() Our guidelines were designed to foster a diverse and welcoming discussion community while avoiding drama, flamewars, and promotional activity. Say "hi" at our sister subreddits- SpecArt and SF Videos-and join our reader-managed Goodreads group. The key is that it be speculative, not that it fit some arbitrary genre guidelines. History, Postmodern Lit., and more are all welcome here. ![]() Not sure what counts as speculative fiction? Then post it! Science Fiction, Fantasy, Alt. Canticle for Leibowitz Rendezvous with Rama Princess of Mars Altered Carbon Foundation Blindsight Accelerando Old Man's War Armor Cities in Flight A Brave New World Children of Dune Stranger in a Strange Land Dhalgren Enders Game Gateway A Fire Upon the Deep Neuromancer A Clockwork Orange Ringworld Diamond Age Lord of Light Hyperion Startide Rising Terminal World The Forever War Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy The Hunger Games Left Hand of Darkness Man in the High Castle The Martian Chronicles The Player of Games The Shadow of the Torturer Sirens of Titan The Stars my Destination To Your Scattered Bodies GoĪ place to discuss published Speculative Fiction
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