alexanderp's review
3.0
Not a bad issue. Not many of the stories "connected" with me, but I did find a couple rather decent.
J S Richardson's – "Paradise Bird" & W G White's – "Sand and Rust", I thought were both rather good all things considered.
Richardson's story was a little short for my tastes, but I really enjoyed the far future world building of it and what happens when humanity "seeds" the galaxy end up coming back toward Earth after spending hundreds of years apart.
White's story I enjoyed for the somewhat familiar trope of having a group of people who virtually worship an old piece of tech that leads them astray in a big way. I thought the main character in this, Enoch, was specifically enjoyable, since we could really get a good feel of disappointment from him towards the end.
Overall, not a bad issue at all would pick up another in the future.
J S Richardson's – "Paradise Bird" & W G White's – "Sand and Rust", I thought were both rather good all things considered.
Richardson's story was a little short for my tastes, but I really enjoyed the far future world building of it and what happens when humanity "seeds" the galaxy end up coming back toward Earth after spending hundreds of years apart.
White's story I enjoyed for the somewhat familiar trope of having a group of people who virtually worship an old piece of tech that leads them astray in a big way. I thought the main character in this, Enoch, was specifically enjoyable, since we could really get a good feel of disappointment from him towards the end.
Overall, not a bad issue at all would pick up another in the future.
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