Sunday, July 17, 2016

Nesting Dolls, by Jacob A. Boyd

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(Generation Ship SF) Garen and his little brother live in the outer shell of the ship, but they have an unhealthy curiosity about the people who live inside. (8,309 words; Time: 27m)

Rating: ★★☆☆☆ Not Recommended
Recommended By: RHorton:4

"Nesting Dolls," by (edited by Trevor Quachri), appeared in issue 09|16, published on by .

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Pro: The scenes where the two boys interact with each other come across as realistic.

Con: Page after page of scientific and technical nonsense. The author doesn't even appear to know what a galaxy is. Nor are the characters very believable. The inner-shell people seem to keep making one irrational decision after another, which makes the whole thing hard to believe.

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2 comments (may contain spoilers):

  1. The idea of each (newer, faster) ship helping the other go faster was pretty interesting though

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    1. Bad stories in Analog usually have one or two cool ideas that seem to be their entire purpose. Their editors seem to be willing to forgive quite a lot for a story with a cool idea in it.

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