Review: An interesting look at a future world
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 11 18, 2011
I was never a fan of sci-fi until I started reading some of the short stories for the Kindle in that genre, and it surprised me how good some of them are and how much I enjoy them.  "Re:union" byEric Liu is one of the best and most interesting that I've read in a while.  Following the end of the  story, the author has written a short piece about why he likes to write stories, and I found it very impressive and inspiring. His reasons shine through in this short story of a post-apocalyptic world that has been hit by four diseases that wiped out a good portion of the food supply.After this catastrophic event, millions of people left Earth to live in SymSpace, a virtual world.  The government had taken a lot of people and scanned their brains to send them to SymSpace.  Others were still living on Earth, but food was hard to come by.  The plot centers around Troy, who is trying to find his old flame, Michelle, when he goes to a reunion.This is a very well-written story that the author must have put some time and imagination into.  It's entertaining, but at the same time makes the reader wonder if many years from now something like SymSpace might be real, and a global event could put everything in short supply.  The solution to a real problem such as in this story would take a long time, a lot of money and a lot of time to work out.I enjoyed reading this very much and recommend it to science fiction fans and to anyone who is interested in the subject matter.