(Steampunk) Phineas used a mysterious machine to predict that Halley's Comet would wreck the Earth in 1910. Now he's trapped in his underground bunker. Can the machine help him get out? (3,400 words; Time: 11m)
Rating: ★★★☆☆, Average
"The Uncertainty Machine," by Jamie Ford (edited by John Joseph Adams and Hugh Howey), appeared in The End Has Come (RSR review), published on May 01, 2015 by Broad Reach Publishing.
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Pro: When the light fades, we know that no one will rescue him, and no one will ever use the machine again. The ending is clear and grim.
Con: It's a simple, linear, story.
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Con: It's a simple, linear, story.
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