This was a fun little audio snack, with the Babblesphere very strongly resembling Twitter. There isn’t much sense of the actual world of Hephastos, though; the story takes place more in cyberspace, so there is no real explanation of why fashion resembles 17th-century Earth. ( )

This was a rare treat, a story told from Romana's point of view for a change, enhanced by having Lalla Ward reading the story. Maybe a bit on the nose about social media and what it's doing to society, but an enjoyable story nonetheless. ( )

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