★★★☆☆ Average
(Alien Cyberwar) An alien AI arrives as a broadcast message and immediately starts infiltrating the local network. (5,153 words; Time: 17m)
"The 10 Second War," by Michael Brookes [bio] (edited by Ian Whates), appeared in Crises and Conflicts (RSR review), published on July 11, 2016 by NewCon Press.
Mini-Review (click to view--possible spoilers)
Review: 2016.049 (A Word for Authors)
Pro: The program's struggle to infiltrate the different systems and wreak havoc is tense, and we're not sure whom we're rooting for. For all we know, this is a system sent from Earth, although the description of the planet and its technology is certainly completely consistent with Earth.
Con: The author has a very exaggerated idea of how fact computers work. Only the simplest operations happen in nanoseconds, and operations between different machines can take minutes or hours, as anyone who ever downloaded anything large should know.
Other Reviews: Search Web, GoodReads.com
Michael Brookes Info: Interviews, Websites, ISFDB, FreeSFOnline
Follow RSR on Twitter, Facebook, RSS, or E-mail.
Pro: The program's struggle to infiltrate the different systems and wreak havoc is tense, and we're not sure whom we're rooting for. For all we know, this is a system sent from Earth, although the description of the planet and its technology is certainly completely consistent with Earth.
Con: The author has a very exaggerated idea of how fact computers work. Only the simplest operations happen in nanoseconds, and operations between different machines can take minutes or hours, as anyone who ever downloaded anything large should know.
Other Reviews: Search Web, GoodReads.com
Michael Brookes Info: Interviews, Websites, ISFDB, FreeSFOnline
Follow RSR on Twitter, Facebook, RSS, or E-mail.
No comments (may contain spoilers):
Post a Comment (comment policy)