Review: The writer shows promise...
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 06 2, 2013
This isn't a BAD story - the plot is a standard one, writing's a bit simple, the dialog needs work, the characterization's kind of stereotyped and the editor/proofreader should have been shot - but putting the manifold flaws aside, it was a rather enjoyable, fast and fun read.  All things considered, it'd make a pretty decent miniseries - but you'd need to do some serious editing.The ending, however... Oh, man!  No spoilers: I was laughing at the ending - it was PERFECT!  The book has flaws, and to some people they'd be serious ones that'd totally kill the enjoyment of it.  And they'd miss an ending that, arguably, is unique in any of the SF I've read, and I've read a lot of it over the past 50 years or so.I'm still laughing thinking of it...So - overall...  4 out of 5.  Points pulled for the reasons in the first paragraph, and points added for the ending.  I REALLY liked the ending. I'll be interested to see if the author comes up with anything else.  (Hey, Amazon - how about putting in an 'Author Tracking' function, so you can see on your home page anything new by folks you've bought?  For the low-cost Kindle pulps like this, it'd be a good way to keep track of authors you're interested in!")