The Transitive Properties of Cheese by Ann LeBlanc
An artisanal cheesemaker's attempt to save her precious cheese
cave lands her in the middle of an interplanetary crisis.
https://jamesdavisnicoll.com/review/my-own-personal-cheeses
In article <102ej83$gu4$1@panix2.panix.com>,
jdnicoll@panix.com (James Nicoll) wrote:
The Transitive Properties of Cheese by Ann LeBlanc
An artisanal cheesemaker's attempt to save her precious cheese
cave lands her in the middle of an interplanetary crisis.
https://jamesdavisnicoll.com/review/my-own-personal-cheeses
I wonder how many sf/f stories staring a cheesemaker there are. I know
of James Blaylock's _The Elfin Ship_ (and its sequel, _The Disappearing Dwarf_), but can't remember reading any others.
On 6/12/2025 1:07 PM, Robert Woodward wrote:
In article <102ej83$gu4$1@panix2.panix.com>,
jdnicoll@panix.com (James Nicoll) wrote:
The Transitive Properties of Cheese by Ann LeBlanc
An artisanal cheesemaker's attempt to save her precious cheese
cave lands her in the middle of an interplanetary crisis.
https://jamesdavisnicoll.com/review/my-own-personal-cheeses
I wonder how many sf/f stories staring a cheesemaker there are. I know
of James Blaylock's _The Elfin Ship_ (and its sequel, _The Disappearing
Dwarf_), but can't remember reading any others.
Tiffany Aching, heroine of one of the sub-series in Pratchett's
Discworld, is an accomplished cheesemaker.
Some of her cheeses obtain sentience.
In article <102ej83$gu4$1@panix2.panix.com>,
jdnicoll@panix.com (James Nicoll) wrote:
The Transitive Properties of Cheese by Ann LeBlanc
An artisanal cheesemaker's attempt to save her precious cheese
cave lands her in the middle of an interplanetary crisis.
https://jamesdavisnicoll.com/review/my-own-personal-cheeses
I wonder how many sf/f stories staring a cheesemaker there are. I know
of James Blaylock's _The Elfin Ship_ (and its sequel, _The Disappearing Dwarf_), but can't remember reading any others.
In article <102ej83$gu4$1@panix2.panix.com>,
jdnicoll@panix.com (James Nicoll) wrote:
The Transitive Properties of Cheese by Ann LeBlanc
An artisanal cheesemaker's attempt to save her precious cheese
cave lands her in the middle of an interplanetary crisis.
https://jamesdavisnicoll.com/review/my-own-personal-cheeses
I wonder how many sf/f stories staring a cheesemaker there are.
On 12/06/2025 18:07, Robert Woodward wrote:
In article <102ej83$gu4$1@panix2.panix.com>,
˙ jdnicoll@panix.com (James Nicoll) wrote:
The Transitive Properties of Cheese by Ann LeBlanc
An artisanal cheesemaker's attempt to save her precious cheese
cave lands her in the middle of an interplanetary crisis.
https://jamesdavisnicoll.com/review/my-own-personal-cheeses
I wonder how many sf/f stories staring a cheesemaker there are.
_The Caves of Steirerk„se_ - not really.
I suppose that Wallace and Gromit doesn't
count although their first excursion is
to the Moon in order to obtain cheese.
(_A Grand Day Out_)˙ I think it isn't
established that cheese is made there,
it just occurs.
_Red Dwarf_ has, mostly, one living human
character, 3 million years in the future,
whose bodily excretions possess exaggerated
characteristics, mostly off stage and
represented verbally as in Greek tragedy.
I think a terrifying life form leaps out
of his laundry basket one time, but its
origin is a little more complicated.
On 12/06/2025 18:07, Robert Woodward wrote:
In article <102ej83$gu4$1@panix2.panix.com>,
˙ jdnicoll@panix.com (James Nicoll) wrote:
The Transitive Properties of Cheese by Ann LeBlanc
An artisanal cheesemaker's attempt to save her precious cheese
cave lands her in the middle of an interplanetary crisis.
https://jamesdavisnicoll.com/review/my-own-personal-cheeses
I wonder how many sf/f stories staring a cheesemaker there are. I know
of James Blaylock's _The Elfin Ship_ (and its sequel, _The Disappearing
Dwarf_), but can't remember reading any others.
They're mentioned in _Monty Python's
Life of Brian_, which is SF since there's
a "flying saucer" (UFO) bit.
On 6/14/2025 8:56 AM, Robert Carnegie wrote:
On 12/06/2025 18:07, Robert Woodward wrote:
In article <102ej83$gu4$1@panix2.panix.com>,
˙ jdnicoll@panix.com (James Nicoll) wrote:
The Transitive Properties of Cheese by Ann LeBlanc
An artisanal cheesemaker's attempt to save her precious cheese
cave lands her in the middle of an interplanetary crisis.
https://jamesdavisnicoll.com/review/my-own-personal-cheeses
I wonder how many sf/f stories staring a cheesemaker there are.
_The Caves of Steirerk„se_ - not really.
I suppose that Wallace and Gromit doesn't
count although their first excursion is
to the Moon in order to obtain cheese.
(_A Grand Day Out_)˙ I think it isn't
established that cheese is made there,
it just occurs.
_Red Dwarf_ has, mostly, one living human
character, 3 million years in the future,
whose bodily excretions possess exaggerated
characteristics, mostly off stage and
represented verbally as in Greek tragedy.
I think a terrifying life form leaps out
of his laundry basket one time, but its
origin is a little more complicated.
Similarly to the Wallace and Gromit, I recall
discussion not long ago in this group of a
story in which, for no readily apparent reason,
the Moon is transmuted into cheese.
They're mentioned in _Monty Python's
Life of Brian_, which is SF since there's
a "flying saucer" (UFO) bit.
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