Review: Great Twilight Zone writing
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 09 7, 2013
Not all sci-fi must be swashbuckling warriors of the sky or alien invasions, nuclear winter or zombies.  A novelette is a perfect vehicle for science fiction and this one is a gem.  The reader has an inkling of the ending but when it happens, it is impossible not to sympathize with the main characters who has just discovered what reality is all about.  The beauty of Stones is that this future is not so weird that understanding is beyond us.  Nor is it a reference to the past, a cliche so beloved of time-travel or futuristic novels.Instead it is a tale of someone whose world (and existence) is turned upside down.  Rereading the work, one can catch clues in the form of ironic jokes and asides, the story of the old man and the change in mood.  Can't wait for more such offerings.