What is like to love someone? “Red Mountain” seems to beg the question as Keyvan chases after Sade through deep space. Keyvan’s love for Sade leaks out through her hyper-sleep dreaming. She must find her lover. The story implies that Keyvan chose not to travel with Sade on her last mission, leaving some hurtful tension between them. Keyvan is on a personal mission to discover Sade’s whereabouts and to learn of her ultimate fate.
There is a wonderfully written segment of dialogue about half way through the story between Keyvan and “Oban Tesh, local attaché to the Expeditionary Council” (
As a writer, conversations like these, conversations that must provide history, often seem false and fall flat, but Moore uses it to bring life to her story, needed tension, drama, foreshadowing. If you are looking for an example of how to tell a story within a story, you will want to read
Lastly, after noticing the similarities between Pied-Piper and “Red Mountain,” the last scene in the story made me think of the Ark-Myths. I won’t ruin the ending, but I enjoyed reading a space opera that used both narratives to good effect. I have been reading Sophocles’ Theban Plays and I hope to incorporate those three plays into a new story idea that has been rumbling around in my head, and I hope that I can do so as unapologetically and as brilliantly as
More, Tonya R. “Red Mountain.” The Hive Mind 03 Mar 09
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