Autumn Visions

"Explorations of nostalgia" according to Amazon Customer. Three stories or thought experiments on that ache underlying nostalgia. From trying to preemptively stop change so it won't generate, to implications of putting the ache off and forgetting, to the wonder if the ache is more real than life. I like thought experiment style that reminds of Asimov shorts. But with the otherworldly emotional tone of Patricia Mckillip.

Jeffries asks, "Have you seen Tarum?". Three short stories that explore human emotions and experiences - "Letting Go": If you could keep your loved ones forever, would you? Susan must choose whether to watch her mother slowly fade away or preserve her. "Regret": When Lawrence Winkley invents a machine that removes regret, he unintentionally changes the course of history. "Have You Seen Tarum?": Kimberly has given up hope of having anything more in her life than her grandmother, until crazy old Mr