★★★☆☆ Average
(SF Mystery) Luke investigates the first death on Mars. It’s a little strange, but could it be murder? (7,543 words; Time: 25m)
"The New Martian Way," by Brendan DuBois [bio] (edited by Trevor Quachri), appeared in Analog Science Fiction and Fact issue 03-04|19, published on February 15, 2019 by Penny Publications.
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Review: 2019.121 (A Word for Authors)
Pro: It’s not a bad little mystery. The death is suspicious, but the clues don’t immediately point to either a cause of murder nor a motive for it.
Luke is an entertaining character in his own right. A cranky older man who can tell the “Queen of Mars” what he really thinks and get away with it, mostly.
Con: The mystery is solved a bit too easily. And there weren’t great clues about the flatulence. Finally, the parts of the story after the murder is solved are anticlimactic.
It’s a nit, but it’s not possible to contract for a debt that would obligate your unborn or minor children. Not unless this future society is a serious dystopia.
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Pro: It’s not a bad little mystery. The death is suspicious, but the clues don’t immediately point to either a cause of murder nor a motive for it.
Luke is an entertaining character in his own right. A cranky older man who can tell the “Queen of Mars” what he really thinks and get away with it, mostly.
Con: The mystery is solved a bit too easily. And there weren’t great clues about the flatulence. Finally, the parts of the story after the murder is solved are anticlimactic.
It’s a nit, but it’s not possible to contract for a debt that would obligate your unborn or minor children. Not unless this future society is a serious dystopia.
Other Reviews: Search Web
Brendan DuBois Info: Interviews, Websites, ISFDB, FreeSFOnline
Follow RSR on Twitter, Facebook, RSS, or E-mail.
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