Review: Bold move successfully done
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 03 28, 2013
Wow.In writing fan-fiction, you generally have to tread lightly, because you're wandering through other people's work; other people's worlds. I've read the other short stories taking place in the Wooliverse, and it's pretty impressive how those writers have utilized the silo surroundings.Enter The Sky Used to be Blue. Not only does Fitzgerald write within Hugh Howey's invention, she even takes one of his characters out to dance, as the protagonist of her own story at that. I'd say that's a pretty bold move, climbing ever higher upon a slippery slope.This first installment in the story of Karma, though, doesn't slip and fall down, not in the least. It adds wonderfully to the original series, positioning itself withinFirst Shiftand between that one andSecond Shift. Getting partially the same story from another angle is exciting, and makes for an interesting read. It's an ambitious book, but it delivers.To put my finger on anything, I find it peculiar that pregnant women were told to stay off the tap water, without any other (visible) form of control from the people in charge. This, for all I know, might be answered in the coming parts of the series, which I am bound to read.Hats off to you, Fitzgerald, for treating the Wooliverse with such respect, and building on it with this fascinating story.