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(SF) Someone has attacked New York and MIT, and 16-year-old Shipton is caught in the middle of it. (22,187 words; Time: 1h:13m)
Rating: ★★☆☆☆ Not Recommended
"Tao Zero," by Damien Broderick [bio] (edited by Sheila Williams), appeared in Asimov's Science Fiction issue 03-04|17, published on February 16, 2017 by Penny Publications.
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Pro: The little snippets from the Tao Te Ching are entertaining. Ship's bored-teenager reaction to everything is amusing. The literary and linguistic allusions are interesting.
Con: It gets dull after awhile, and it is very long. In the end, neither Ship nor Felicity actually captures Mariah, so they're not good protagonists; they're just along for the ride.
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Con: It gets dull after awhile, and it is very long. In the end, neither Ship nor Felicity actually captures Mariah, so they're not good protagonists; they're just along for the ride.
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Damien Broderick Info: Interviews, Websites, ISFDB, FreeSFOnline
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