Rating: 3,
Powerful, but hard to believe.
"The Weight of the Dead," by
Brian Hodge
(edited by
Ellen Datlow),
was published on
June 1, 2016
by
Tor.com.
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Pro: The nature of the village, the attitudes of the people, and the situation of Melody's father are all shown vividly. Melody's sacrifice of her brother is both logical and extremely painful.
Technical note: In this story, civilization was destroyed by a coronal mass ejection. In the context of the story, all of civilization was wiped out, but in reality, the amount of damage would drop off away from the point of impact and away from the magnetic poles. In 2015, the US adopted regulations to minimize the impact of a future CME.
Con: This starts out as an SF story, but it seems to verge into fantasy at the end. The people with the spirit of the forest sound a lot like the fairy-folk from legend, which makes for an unsatisfying ending.
Technical note: In this story, civilization was destroyed by a coronal mass ejection. In the context of the story, all of civilization was wiped out, but in reality, the amount of damage would drop off away from the point of impact and away from the magnetic poles. In 2015, the US adopted regulations to minimize the impact of a future CME.
Con: This starts out as an SF story, but it seems to verge into fantasy at the end. The people with the spirit of the forest sound a lot like the fairy-folk from legend, which makes for an unsatisfying ending.
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