★★☆☆☆ Not Recommended
(SF Exploration) Rosemary and Chen arrive at Proxima Centauri as ambassadors to the aliens. But they can’t seem to find them. (7,506 words; Time: 25m)
"The View from Proxima Centauri," by Susan Pieters [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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Pro: The characters feel very real and the dialogue between them is always natural.
Con: It makes so little sense to try to send humans to Proxima Centauri without even trying to send a radio signal first that it’s very hard to suspend disbelief for the rest of the story. It also makes zero sense for the spaceship to land before thawing the people from cryosleep. And the idea of finding a cure for a human disease on an alien planet is preposterous.
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Pro: The characters feel very real and the dialogue between them is always natural.
Con: It makes so little sense to try to send humans to Proxima Centauri without even trying to send a radio signal first that it’s very hard to suspend disbelief for the rest of the story. It also makes zero sense for the spaceship to land before thawing the people from cryosleep. And the idea of finding a cure for a human disease on an alien planet is preposterous.
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Susan Pieters Info: Interviews, Websites, ISFDB, FreeSFOnline
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