“It is information. An… an artifact of the mind.”
Hard SciFi! What an unexpected treat!
Government scientists on a routine asteroid sampling mission discover signs of life. But is it intelligent life?
A hot debate, a cool conclusion.
“There’s no going back. Once people realize that it’s within reach, they’ll take it, because it offers freedom.”
I loved these guys, I hated these guys. They were very American.
I think it’s true that we will never get out there without major risks, will, and potential. But dude, did you really almost end all life on Earth for a profit?
“You’re in Mentone, North Carolina. We have three filling stations and six Baptist churches. But no space port.”
Both Mentone and Hank needed the shakeup, and positivity, that Matt and his tenets of atomicism provided.
“With the end of competition, bunny evolution ceased.”
For thousands of years the giant rabbits of Myosotis have existed in the gap between sentience and intelligence.
It’s Yee’s job to stimulate their minds and reignite evolution. Thousands have failed, but when Yee sees a spark she will break all the rules to fan it!
This had the kind of humorous ending I remember from the lighter one-off episodes of Star Trek.
With shades of Han Solo I enjoyed this woman driven story about space profiteers, adventure, danger, friendship, and delicious revenge!
“Sophie took special pleasure in executed contracts on assholes.”
When you are an assassin that means the job has to end a certain way, but that doesn’t mean you can’t enjoy yourself... or find a little wiggle room for good deeds.
Prospector crash lands on an asteroid and makes a remarkable floral discovery!
Space Western! Cowboy rides in, saves girl from terrible situation, they ride into the sunset to live happily ever after.
Yes, this kind of story is overdone.
Yes, I like this story.
“[They] were about to make sure a downright evil place was going to get its comeuppance, without even breaking a sweat. He’d call that a win.”
I would too. This read like an episode of Firefly. High nerdy praise. 🤓
“I know a reporter.”
His face paled. “You wouldn’t.”
When became clear that she would, he began to pace. “I suppose… an internal inquiry...”
It’s refreshingly #metoo to read about a woman standing up for herself. It’s also depressing to think this crap still goes on in hundreds of years.
People go to great lengths for orchids now so I’m not surprised at a future where botanists would traipse through Dagobah for a flower.
You can’t stop a story there!
No no no.
Give me the second half of the story of interstellar archeology and cosmic boogeymen and then I’ll give you the rest of the stars.
A snapshot story of a long-haul solar-sail space ship swinging by Saturn and encountering pirates.
The pirates had that desperate Ringer quality from The Expanse series.
There was a bit of hard SciFi dabbed on but I think it neither added nor detracted from the story.
The Vringla/Racket Incident by Jakob Drud ★★☆☆☆
I’m not a fan of the epistolary style and there wasn’t enough to go on here anyway. Was this malicious human bigotry or a real danger? At least it was short.
Average: 3.57
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