Comments on: Geddarien

By: Asakiyume

Asakiyume — Thu, 24 Jun 2010 22:59:57 +0000

Breathtakingly painful, as such a story must always be, but beautiful too. I love the idea of Geddarien.

By: The Outer Alliance » Outer Alliance Spotlight #39: Rose Lemberg

The Outer Alliance » Outer Alliance Spotlight #39: Rose Lemberg — Fri, 18 Jun 2010 16:13:45 +0000

[...] Rose grew up with a jumble of native and semi native languages including Russian, Yiddish, and Hebrew. She began writing poetry and fiction in English as an adult after pursuing a Ph.D. in Linguistics at UC Berkeley. Her poetry has appeared in many places including Abyss & Apex (which published last year’s Rhysling nominated “Odysseus on the War Train”) and Goblin Fruit (which published this year’s Rhysling nominated “Godfather Death”), and her short fiction has appeared in G.U.D., Strange Horizons, and Fantasy Magazine. [...]

By: Reading for a rainy, windy night « The Well-Tempered Writer

Reading for a rainy, windy night « The Well-Tempered Writer — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 07:20:09 +0000

[...] Reading for a rainy, windy night By welltemperedwriter I finally got around to reading Rose Lemberg’s “Geddarien“. [...]

By: Keith

Keith — Fri, 19 Dec 2008 00:59:18 +0000

Amazing! Love the playfulness with music and language. A sad but beautiful tale.

By: Rachel

Rachel — Wed, 10 Dec 2008 21:18:29 +0000

That was beautiful, and I will be haunted by the image of dancing buildings for a long time to come.

By: Victor Snyder

Victor Snyder — Sat, 06 Dec 2008 06:11:41 +0000

Hello Rose,

I just read and enjoyed your story.

By: Rose Lemberg

Rose Lemberg — Tue, 02 Dec 2008 00:34:14 +0000

Thank you all very much. I’m happy you enjoyed the story.

Michael – Geddarien comes from my own private mythology; it is not, alas, a Jewish legend.

By: TJ McIntyre

TJ McIntyre — Mon, 01 Dec 2008 22:18:34 +0000

Great story, Rose!

While understandably melancholy considering the subject matter, this really provided a great escape for me today.

On a deeper level, I loved the idea of the moving houses. I thought that was a brilliant metaphor for how a culture/family heritage can move from one place to another.

By: Amy Herring

Amy Herring — Mon, 01 Dec 2008 19:41:38 +0000

A bittersweet tale with the melodic language conveying the emotion of the music we can almost hear. Thank you.

By: Michael Gordon

Michael Gordon — Mon, 01 Dec 2008 18:15:28 +0000

beautiful piece. Holocaust fantasy always leaves me wishing that the world could have such miracles.

Did you create the idea of “Geddarien” or does it come from somewhere? I’ve never heard of it before, but it has the quality of old Jewish legend, like the 36 Tzaddikim or Elijah visiting the Seder. Kudos either way.