Jessica Abel treads assuredly in Trish Trash: Rollergirl of Mars. It's a miracle, really, that any would-be worldbuilder ever places a trembling foot on the line. And yet the penalty for a single stumble is horrifying: Beneath that wavering rope lies the quicksand of readerly scorn. It's ill-defined (what makes something believable, anyway?), badly designed (it changes according to the perceptions of each individual reader, notoriously flaky though such perceptions may be) and invisible to the walker (who must intuit its arc from clues). Science fiction always perches on a tightrope of believability, and that tightrope is no fun place to stand. Your purchase helps support NPR programming. Close overlay Buy Featured Book Title Trish Trash Subtitle Rollergirl of Mars Author Jessica Abel
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