betty reviewed The fox by Sherwood Smith (DAW books collectors -- No. 1410)
Review of 'The fox' on 'Goodreads'
4 stars
Okay, so, not a real review, because I want to try to review the first, and attempt to deal with just why these books are so OMNOMNOMNOM. BUT.
I cannot believe that the internet has not informed me about the existence of books in which NO ONE POOPS.
I mean, I've read plenty of books in which no one poops, because the author doesn't feel the need to deal with it, but that's not what what I mean; in the world of these books, there is magic known as "waste spells" for cleaning up effluent. But characters use these spells betimes, and apparently the waste spell just magics the poop right out of one's bowels! (Also works with pee! And menstrual effluvia?) Which I guess makes sense, if you could, you wouldn't really want to waste time in the can, would you? So I suppose the only times you'd poop …
Okay, so, not a real review, because I want to try to review the first, and attempt to deal with just why these books are so OMNOMNOMNOM. BUT.
I cannot believe that the internet has not informed me about the existence of books in which NO ONE POOPS.
I mean, I've read plenty of books in which no one poops, because the author doesn't feel the need to deal with it, but that's not what what I mean; in the world of these books, there is magic known as "waste spells" for cleaning up effluent. But characters use these spells betimes, and apparently the waste spell just magics the poop right out of one's bowels! (Also works with pee! And menstrual effluvia?) Which I guess makes sense, if you could, you wouldn't really want to waste time in the can, would you? So I suppose the only times you'd poop or pee would be when you were too young, or drunk, or whatever, to get the spell lined up.
A WORLD IN WHICH NO ONE POOPS. CONSIDER THAT.
(This is like, a totally minor point in the book, and probably only occupies a total of 100 words over the ~1500 pages I have read so far. I feel, however, that this revolutionary bit of world-building is under-explored.)
