Review: Short and Sweet
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 01 25, 2012
There is something to be said about a writer who knows when to end a story.  In The Last Man, Elim is put in an unenviable task: find a planet that is hospitable to his race.  At stake is merely the continuation of his civilization.The story takes place at a time when the universe is slowly dying, taking along stars and planets with it.  Elim's home planet has long perished, and he pilots a spacecraft carrying a thousand of his people in stasis.  The author appropriately focuses on the burden that Elim endures, the pressure that he faces to find a suitable planet for his people, and also the isolation that Elim feels as the only person awake on the life pod.The story ends on a surprising but rather appropriate note.