(SF Dystopia) Brad has a cushy job inside the Seattle Exclusive Zone, and he’s not eager to participate in a game where a car takes you to an unknown destination, but the company is making everyone play. But is it even a game? (5,287 words; Time: 17m)
Rating: ★★★☆☆ Average
"Destination," by Jack Skillingstead [bio] (edited by Sheila Williams), appeared in Asimov's Science Fiction issue 01-02|17, published on December 15, 2016 by Penny Publications.
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Pro: This tells the story of how Brad woke up to the injustice of his world and decided to take action.
The story does a good job of making the non-exclusive areas seem real. They’re not miserable and run down; just bland and hopeless.
Con: The idea that a group of hackers could control companies to the point where they’d send their employees on one-way rides is ridiculous. Also, given that the problem in the story is that 99% of the population has nothing to contribute, the hackers don’t seem to offer any kind of solution.
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The story does a good job of making the non-exclusive areas seem real. They’re not miserable and run down; just bland and hopeless.
Con: The idea that a group of hackers could control companies to the point where they’d send their employees on one-way rides is ridiculous. Also, given that the problem in the story is that 99% of the population has nothing to contribute, the hackers don’t seem to offer any kind of solution.
Other Reviews: Search Web, Browse Review Sites (Issue 01-02|17)
Jack Skillingstead Info: Interviews, Websites, ISFDB
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