Anticipating the 2013 awards season Aliette de Bodard has made the short story
Immersion available in a number of e-book formats at her website. It was originally published in de June 2012 edition of Clarke's world,
where it can still be read or listened to. I've been a fan of de Bodard's writing ever since I read
The Lost Xuyan Bride a few years back so obviously I picked it up. It turns out the story is linked to
Scattered Along the Rivers of Heaven but set on another space station. I think it is also related to the recently published novella
On a Red Station, Drifting, which I hope to read soon. You don't need to have read that story to enjoy Immersion however. I think this one of those stories I read as just the right time in my life. Of course that poses a problem for this review. One might argue that all reviews are more about the reviewer than the work discussed but for this one it is going to be a bit more true than usual. Not the first time this has happened when reading one of de Bodard's stories.
Dreadfully spoilerish, I recommend you read the story first.
