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A review by arensb
Apex Magazine Issue 50 by Lynne M. Thomas
3.0
The prose poem aspect of this story—telling the story in impressions and imagery, rather than ordinary descriptive sentences–is effective, though not really my cup of tea. It‘s as if the action is happening in the corner of the narrator’s eye.
The story takes a sudden turn into left field about two-thirds of the way through, from to , and it’s not immediately obvious how the two are connected, but upon reflection, I think it works .
Aside: I see a lot of people complaining that this isn’t science fiction. Yeah, it is. If nothing else, there’s the whole aspect. As far as I can tell, the complaints seem to be “this story doesn’t conform to what I expect from science-fiction”. It comes across as “it doesn’t have spaceships or time travelers or bug-eyed monsters, so it’s crap.” I don't remember anyone hating on Mike Resnick’s “One Perfect Morning, With Jackals”, despite it having even less of an SF element, as I recall.
Three stars because, as I said above, poetry isn’t my cup of tea.
The story takes a sudden turn into left field about two-thirds of the way through, from
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bringing dinosaurs back to life through genetic engineeringSpoiler
the narrator’s fiancé being beaten up by bigotsSpoiler
(if the fiancé’s work had been successful, the narrator could have sicced a dinosaurs on the ones who hurt the one she loves)Aside: I see a lot of people complaining that this isn’t science fiction. Yeah, it is. If nothing else, there’s the whole
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“reverse-genetic-engineering dinosaurs”Three stars because, as I said above, poetry isn’t my cup of tea.