(Dystopia) Now that his wife has passed away, Matthew must move from their spacious apartment on the retirement space station into smaller quarters. (5,472 words; Time: 18m)
Rating: ★★☆☆☆ Not Recommended
"Downsized," by Bud Sparhawk [bio] (edited by Trevor Quachri), appeared in Analog Science Fiction and Fact issue 11-12|17, published on October 19, 2017 by Penny Publications.
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Pro: This is the story of how Matthew got his act together and found a new purpose in life.
Con: It’s clearly just the start of a longer story, but the biggest problem is that I can’t suspend disbelief for the unselfconsciously bigoted people that Matthew’s going to be fighting. Yes, people like that existed in our past—in my own lifetime, even. No, I don’t expect to find them in the future; not without some really strong reason why we slid backwards.
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Con: It’s clearly just the start of a longer story, but the biggest problem is that I can’t suspend disbelief for the unselfconsciously bigoted people that Matthew’s going to be fighting. Yes, people like that existed in our past—in my own lifetime, even. No, I don’t expect to find them in the future; not without some really strong reason why we slid backwards.
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Bud Sparhawk Info: Interviews, Websites, ISFDB, FreeSFOnline
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