Grace’s Family by James Patrick Kelly

Grace’s Family by James Patrick Kelly
Publisher: Tor Books
Genre: Sci-Fi/Fantasy, Action/Adventure
Length: Short Story (45 pages)
Heat Level: Sweet
Rating: 3 Stars
Reviewed by Astilbe

The mission: to survey the galaxy and beyond. An endless stream of probes and starships heading out into the universe, surveying, cataloguing, assaying. Forever. And on board those ships, the intrepid explorers who give it all meaning.

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One of the things I liked the most about this tale had to do with the role that humans played in space exploration. Not all of the characters were human, and not all of the humans were necessarily the most important characters in the storyline. This isn’t something I’ve seen a lot of in this genre recently. I truly enjoyed getting to know this universe from so many non-human perspectives.

I found the beginning of this story confusing for two reasons. One, the characters used a lot of slang terms without explaining what any of those words meant to the audience. Two, the characters’ relationships to each other were not explained well. Figuring out all of the references and relationships meant that it took me a while to actually begin to enjoy the plot. It would have been helpful to have all of this stuff laid out clearly much earlier on.

The world building was handled nicely. The narrator expected the audience to put some effort into figuring out how this society worked, and I appreciated that. In the end, there were exactly enough clues about every step in the process to make me feel satisfied with how much had been shared even though I would have loved to keep learning more about this vision of the future. If Mr. Kelly ever writes a sequel, though, I want to be first in line to read it.

Grace’s Family should be read by anyone who is in the mood for an interstellar adventure.