“The Star-Bear” by Michael Swanwick

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Story can be read on-line: https://www.tor.com/2023/06/07/the-star-bear-michael-swanwick/

Rating: 3/5 Stars

An exiled Russian writer living in Paris has an unusual encounter with a bear. By the middle of the story, the bear has started a conversation with the writer, trying to convince him to return to the Soviet Union, to be celebrated as a Soviet writer. Should he remain true to the reasons he left Russia, or return to a country eager for a propagandic victory?

Story read from 2023/06/16 to 2023/06/16