Re: (review) The Transitive Properties of Cheese by Ann LeBlanc

On Fri, 13 Jun 2025 16:36:58 -0400, Cryptoengineer
<petertrei@gmail.com> wrote:

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
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An artisanal cheesemaker's attempt to save her precious cheese
cave lands her in the middle of an interplanetary crisis.
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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.
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Some of her cheeses obtain sentience.

This has brought to mind the immortal line from Star Trek Voyager:
"Get that cheese to sickbay".

--
Jerry Brown

A cat may look at a king
(but probably won't bother)