★★★☆☆ Average
(SF Adventure) The Earth base crew get along fairly well with the natives except that lately the Xlan have taken to abducting human children. (1,926 words; Time: 06m)
"Temple of Children," by Jennifer R. Povey [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: 2019.015 (A Word for Authors)
Pro: It’s amusing that the Xlan use porn pictures to convince themselves Pauline is really female, and it’s nice that they thought they were protecting the kids.
Con: The human reaction to having our children abducted would be far more extreme that what’s described here.
Given that the Xlan knew people produce only one child at a time (usually) and that humans have a taboo about discussing mating, there is zero chance that they didn’t know humans don’t go through the same development process they do.
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Pro: It’s amusing that the Xlan use porn pictures to convince themselves Pauline is really female, and it’s nice that they thought they were protecting the kids.
Con: The human reaction to having our children abducted would be far more extreme that what’s described here.
Given that the Xlan knew people produce only one child at a time (usually) and that humans have a taboo about discussing mating, there is zero chance that they didn’t know humans don’t go through the same development process they do.
Other Reviews: Search Web
Jennifer R. Povey Info: Interviews, Websites, ISFDB, FreeSFOnline
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