(Military SF) A terrorist group has kidnapped an alien, and Serena’s team need to find them and free it before it’s too late. (9,723 words; Time: 32m)
Rating: ★★★☆☆ Average
"The Human Way," by Tony Ballantyne [bio] (edited by Trevor Quachri), appeared in Analog Science Fiction and Fact issue 03-04|17, published on February 16, 2017 by Penny Publications.
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Pro: There’s excellent worldbuilding. The setting is also very cool. There’s plenty of action. And the kids are amusing.
Con: None of the characters is solid enough to inspire much feeling. Their actions seem to have been entirely futile, since the “S” were able to rescue their own unit without help. The message that people have to work together or else be assimilated is hammered in just a few times too many.
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Con: None of the characters is solid enough to inspire much feeling. Their actions seem to have been entirely futile, since the “S” were able to rescue their own unit without help. The message that people have to work together or else be assimilated is hammered in just a few times too many.
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Tony Ballantyne Info: Interviews, Websites, ISFDB, FreeSFOnline
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