★★★☆☆ Average
(Posthuman) She’s the last human on Earth, put there by the Sentimental project that regreened the planet, and she refused to leave when the money ran out. (2,138 words; Time: 07m)
"Heron of Earth," by Vajra Chandrasekera [bio] (edited by Neil Clarke), appeared in Clarkesworld issue 141, published on June 1, 2018.
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Pro: The background information about the Sentimentals is probably the best thing about the story.
Funniest line: “It’s message terraforming at its most didactic.”
Con: Nothing really happens here. She finds a strange print. Guesses it might be human. Sets up to try to kill it if it is. But we never find out.
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Funniest line: “It’s message terraforming at its most didactic.”
Con: Nothing really happens here. She finds a strange print. Guesses it might be human. Sets up to try to kill it if it is. But we never find out.
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Vajra Chandrasekera Info: Interviews, Websites, ISFDB, FreeSFOnline
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The story's embedded literary critique was my favorite part of it, too. :)
ReplyDelete"Message Terraforming" still cracks me up. :-)
DeleteI agree with the rating and the review.
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