★★★☆☆ Average
(Dystopia) Exchange of pathogens has largely replaced traditional sex, but the archipelago has run out of new diseases, so four friends go to the mainland in search of new plagues. (6,884 words; Time: 22m)
"Love in the Time of Immuno-Sharing," by Andy Dudak [bio] (edited by Trevor Quachri), appeared in Analog Science Fiction and Fact issue 01-02|19, published on December 15, 2018 by Penny Publications.
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Review: 2019.005 (A Word for Authors)
Pro: I think what I liked best about this story was the casual way Vedrum reacts to everything, such as when he and Brea are mourning Aerd, and Vedrum makes her about the least-romantic offer ever: “I can put my penis in you, if that will help.”
Con: The whole thing about “beautiful sores” kept creeping me out. It was almost impossible for me to swallow the premise that getting ill could ever substitute for sex.
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Pro: I think what I liked best about this story was the casual way Vedrum reacts to everything, such as when he and Brea are mourning Aerd, and Vedrum makes her about the least-romantic offer ever: “I can put my penis in you, if that will help.”
Con: The whole thing about “beautiful sores” kept creeping me out. It was almost impossible for me to swallow the premise that getting ill could ever substitute for sex.
Other Reviews: Search Web
Andy Dudak Info: Interviews, Websites, ISFDB, FreeSFOnline
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