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  • Re: Puzzling recent read: The Caretakers by David Nickle

    From Default User@21:1/5 to Default User on Wed Dec 6 04:04:38 2023
    Default User wrote:

    I will post my reaction and questions in a reply message.


    Are these people Miss Erish's caretakers, or does she lead a team of
    caretakers of something else? She mentions the spheres have realigned.
    Is that part of the caretaking?

    What was with the scheduled meeting? It was moved, so did the meeting
    happen? If so, with whom? And what was the note Miss Erish left and
    why, as when she sees them a short while later there's no real mention
    made of either the meeting or the note. It doesn't seem like she's
    dissolving the group, and in fact is unhappy that Amy has decided to
    leave.


    Brian

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  • From Default User@21:1/5 to All on Wed Dec 6 04:03:29 2023
    Tor posts free stories on their web site, and put out anthologies of
    them sometimes. I got the 2016 edition. One of the stories that I've
    gone through I just don't get.

    If you'd like, people here could read through it as well. It's not very
    long. There are some comments.

    https://www.tor.com/2016/01/20/the-caretaker-david-nickle/

    I will post my reaction and questions in a reply message.


    Brian

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  • From Titus G@21:1/5 to Default User on Sun Dec 10 18:06:47 2023
    On 6/12/23 17:04, Default User wrote:
    Default User wrote:

    I will post my reaction and questions in a reply message.


    Are these people Miss Erish's caretakers, or does she lead a team of caretakers of something else? She mentions the spheres have realigned.
    Is that part of the caretaking?

    No. There is an excellent interpretation in a review by "Karen" on
    Goodreads.
    https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/28116629-the-caretakers

    My attention was held by the story which I enjoyed, thank you, but, yes,
    it was puzzling.

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  • From Default User@21:1/5 to Titus G on Mon Dec 11 08:29:24 2023
    Titus G wrote:

    On 6/12/23 17:04, Default User wrote:
    Default User wrote:

    I will post my reaction and questions in a reply message.


    Are these people Miss Erish's caretakers, or does she lead a team
    of caretakers of something else? She mentions the spheres have
    realigned. Is that part of the caretaking?

    No. There is an excellent interpretation in a review by "Karen" on
    Goodreads.
    https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/28116629-the-caretakers

    My attention was held by the story which I enjoyed, thank you, but,
    yes, it was puzzling.

    While Karen's review was lengthy and enthusiastic, I'm not sure that it
    was all that deep. It more or less related the obvious surface things
    without too much delving into deeper questions. To be fair, the same is
    even more true of my discussion.


    Brian

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  • From Dave@21:1/5 to Default User on Wed Dec 13 11:10:40 2023
    On 12/5/23 20:03, Default User wrote:

    Tor posts free stories on their web site, and put out anthologies of
    them sometimes. I got the 2016 edition. One of the stories that I've
    gone through I just don't get.

    If you'd like, people here could read through it as well. It's not very
    long. There are some comments.

    https://www.tor.com/2016/01/20/the-caretaker-david-nickle/

    I will post my reaction and questions in a reply message.


    Brian
    I found this story just a bit odd, and somewhat ambiguous.
    --
    Dave Scruggs
    Captain, Boulder Creek Fire (Retired)
    Sr. Software Engineer (Retired, mostly)

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