Review: Masterful Science Fiction World Building
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 08 14, 2012
If you want a great example of showing and not telling, then this is it.As a short story it doesn't have much space in which to both create a futuristic world and set up a plot and yet the author Kathryn Lance makes it looks easy.In a matter of only a few paragraphs the story effortlessly drops you into a world that is alien and yet just relatable enough that you're able to keep up with the strange references.The story itself is a dark one and you really can't call anyone a hero. The characters are flawed, selfish, manipulative and weak. So, human, pretty much. Their motives are certainly relatable if not very pure.I feel like we're only getting the tiniest glimpse of the universe this story is set in and that it's one I'd really like to re-visit whether via this protagonist or another one.A must read story.