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A review by tsana
Clarkesworld Magazine, Issue 115 by Garth Nix, Jason Heller, Kate Baker, Margot Atwell, Chen Qiufan, Sara Saab, Neil Clarke, Ken Liu, Elizabeth Hand, Gregory Feeley, Chris Urie, Carolyn Ives Gilman
3.0
Another disappointing story. It had promise, from the first few sentences, but the main premise is no longer that original (except, why did the aliens only visit the US? This fact is stated but never addressed) and the secondary premise was interesting but not explored in enough depth. A shockingly egregious quarantine violation near the end really annoyed me and wasn't even used to show something interesting about character, like I half-expected.
The story wasn't badly written aside from the lack of depth mentioned above. But it clearly annoyed me too much for me to vote it very highly. Alas. I suspect I was also disappointed that the tour with the alien took place on Earth rather than in space.
The story wasn't badly written aside from the lack of depth mentioned above. But it clearly annoyed me too much for me to vote it very highly. Alas. I suspect I was also disappointed that the tour with the alien took place on Earth rather than in space.