Review: Okay for free, probably a pass if you have to pay
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 06 3, 2013
Humorous Sci Fi has got to be one of the hardest sub-genres to get right.  Too often, authors have to choose to prioritize one side over the other, leading to imbalance.  In this short story, Richer decides to come down on the humorous side and he chooses that side a few too many times than is good for the overall coherency of the story.The main character is a slacker who is transported back in time after fiddling with a wire he found in the lab of his scientist brother.  When he goes back in time, it was when the story really fell apart for me.  He goes to the future, but it is a low-tech and dystopian place.  Unfortunately, the author doesn't have much interest in exploring this world, preferring for the story to progress through a couple of pages of exposition and an overly pat resolution.What's a shame about this story is that the author himself didn't seem that interested in the world that he was trying to create.  Given that the rest of the download is given over to a preview of the author's novel, it left me wondering if the entire story was just an excuse to promote the work he was really passionate about.This story has a few laughs and an interesting premise (one that is, however, pretty much abandoned at birth by the author).  It is worth downloading for free, but I'd pass if asked to pay for it.