Review: Nicely done sci-fi!
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 05 20, 2014
Excellent futuristic novella set on a ship that's mining the moon. As usual with Wailing's work, you think you know what's going on, but you don't. Not really. He plays nicely with the theme of identity here--who is Joel, in his heart of hearts? By the end, you're still not entirely sure--and neither is Joel.Wailing also blurs the lines between "good" and "bad" in unexpected ways. Joel had my sympathy throughout the story, but did I even like him? That's hard to say. However, his story was compelling and took some twists I didn't see coming."Duallists" also has some nice world building, and Wailing's imagination is on full display. If I had to give this a genre label, I'd call it "sci-fi noir."