The Rose
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Charles L. Harness
- Composer
- and
- dancer
- Anna
- van
- Tuyl
- is
- working
- on
- her
- masterpiece,
- a
- work
- she
- has
- titled
- "The
- Rose".
- Her
- progress
- is
- stymied,
- however,
- when
- her
- body
- begins
- suddenly
- to
- change.
- For
- no
- knowable
- reason,
- she
- begins
- to
- grow
- strange
- protuberances,
- her
- body
- warping
- more
- day
- by
- day.
- Desperate
- to
- complete
- her
- symphony
- before
- her
- life
- becomes
- subsumed
- by
- these
- growths,
- she
- encounters
- a
- painter
- suffering
- from
- the
- same
- affliction.
Ruy
- Jacques
- is
- an
- artist,
- famed
- for
- his
- works
- and
- full
- of
- inspiration
- despite
- his
- condition.
- His
- wife
- is
- a
- scientist,
- a
- woman
- of
- logic,
- working
- to
- build
- the
- perfect
- weapon.
- While
- Anna
- at
- first
- believes
- she
- has
- found
- a
- saviour
- and
- kindred
- spirit
- in
- Ruy,
- she
- instead
- finds
- herself
- in
- the
- middle
- of
- a
- tense
- battle
- between
- art
- and
- science,
- with
- building
- jealousy
- and
- resentment.
Is
- the
- true
- goal
- the
- completion
- of
- her
- work,
- or
- the
- possibility
- of
- a
- cure?
- Is
- it
- better
- to
- seek
- immortality
- through
- their
- art,
- or
- a
- full
- life
- through
- science?Award-winning
- author
- Charles
- Harness'
- lost
- classic
- was
- rediscovered
- by
- Michael
- Moorcock
- more
- than
- a
- decade
- after
- it
- was
- first
- published,
- and
- champsioned
- by
- him
- to
- great
- acclaim.
- IT
- was
- awarded
- the
- Retro-Hugo
- award
- in 2004.
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