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A review by liza5326
Astounding! by Kim Fielding
4.0
This was a surprisingly good story. Carter is the editor-in-chief of a sci-fi magazine on the verge of going under. Every month, he gets a story from J Harper, always about the same thing, an alien stranded on Earth who just wants to go home, and every month he sends a rejection letter. One night, too much booze leads to a pretty nasty rejection letter he regrets sending.
This leads him to the man behind the stories. John isn't what Carter thinks he is and that is where the story gets fun and sweet. This could have gone so so wrong, and instead the whole story ended up being just wonderful. I loved the glimpses of past characters and how it didn't veer too far into the ridiculous, even for a sci-fi alien story.
This leads him to the man behind the stories. John isn't what Carter thinks he is and that is where the story gets fun and sweet. This could have gone so so wrong, and instead the whole story ended up being just wonderful. I loved the glimpses of past characters and how it didn't veer too far into the ridiculous, even for a sci-fi alien story.