(SF) An accident on another planet destroys Charlie's body, but the local aliens rebuild him in a strange and different way. A very strange and different way.
(~7,700 words)
Rating: 2,
Not Recommended
"I Had No Head and My Eyes Were Floating Way Up In the Air" appeared in I Am Crying All Inside and Other Stories: The Complete Short Fiction of Clifford D. Simak, Volume One, by Clifford D. Simak, published June 4, 2015 by Open Road Media Sci-Fi & Fantasy.
Mini-Review (click to view--possible spoilers)
Pro: The new body sounds interesting, and I liked the account of how Charlie slowly figured things out.
Con: There's not a real story here. Charlie doesn't do anything--just thinks about it--and the ending where we get the alien perspective makes it seem as though we've been following the wrong protagonist.
Con: There's not a real story here. Charlie doesn't do anything--just thinks about it--and the ending where we get the alien perspective makes it seem as though we've been following the wrong protagonist.
No comments (may contain spoilers):
Post a Comment (comment policy)