(SF Mystery) The hard-boiled narrator runs investigations in cyberspace and reality. This time they’ve got a murder to solve, and it’s proving a challenge—even though they saw it happen. (9,742 words; Time: 32m)
Rating: ★★★☆☆ Average
"Endless City," by David Gerrold [bio] (edited by Trevor Quachri), appeared in Analog Science Fiction and Fact issue 01-02|18, published on December 15, 2017 by Penny Publications.
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Pro: The cyberspace setting and the narrator’s ease in navigating it are the best parts of this story. The similarity between the narrator and the hard-boiled detectives in Raymond Chandler stories is amusing. And they do solve the murder.
Con: Where are the police in all of this? We know there are governments around because the Jumble is identified as a place where there is none.
It’s not clear why the identity changing works as well as it does. You’d think a service like Miranda would easily connect the different identities together.
Speaking of Miranda, she’s a little too powerful and removes a lot of uncertainty from the story.
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Con: Where are the police in all of this? We know there are governments around because the Jumble is identified as a place where there is none.
It’s not clear why the identity changing works as well as it does. You’d think a service like Miranda would easily connect the different identities together.
Speaking of Miranda, she’s a little too powerful and removes a lot of uncertainty from the story.
Other Reviews: Search Web, Browse Review Sites (Issue 01-02|18)
David Gerrold Info: Interviews, Websites, ISFDB, FreeSFOnline
Follow RSR on Twitter, Facebook, RSS, or E-mail.
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