Review: Making our own choices
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 02 18, 2012
The planet looked good for starting over to colonize, but the humans couldn't seem to make anything grow or work right for them for the first three years in the short story, "Symbiosis" by Lee Moan.  They struggled on until some of the other colonists said they had seen apparitions, and soon the Alaahi made themselves known, because they had been there all along.  They convinced the people that by joining with them they could grow food and make the planet sustainable for life and all would be well.  The alaahi joined with the humans by an umbilical-like cord and so the two became a team.The story follows a young girl named Jena and her symbiont, Neya and Jena's father.  Jena and Neya get along very well, and talk about everything under the sun.  But to some of the humans, including Jena's father, something about the symbionts doesn't seem right.What happens from there on out is very exciting and quite uncertain.  The story takes on a rebellious tone, but from which side is to be found out by the reader.  It becomes even more exciting when the Baptist minister becomes involved.I found this to be a very well-written sci-fi story, and I don't read science fiction much at all.  I enjoyed the creativity with which it is written and recommend it for readers who like fast-moving stories and the sci-fi genre.