★★☆☆☆ Not Recommended
(Space Opera) Minnie Mirv searches through space for the worthless varmint who stole her true love from her. (9,761 words; Time: 32m)
Recommended By: 👍STomaino+1 (Q&A)
"Leave Your Iron at the Door," by Josh Pearce [bio] (edited by Trevor Quachri), appeared in Analog Science Fiction and Fact issue 05-06|19, published on April 19, 2019 by Penny Publications.
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Review: 2019.220 (A Word for Authors)
Pro: The story is basically about Minnie trying to find Vanja and win her back. In that sense, it definitely has a complete plot.
Con: This story jars the reader with gratuitous bad science just about every paragraph. This makes it almost completely unreadable. For example, one cannot speak a programming language like Python. Background radiation wouldn’t interfere with a communications laser. Carrying blackholes around is nonsense. Etc.
Just as bad, Minnie is a stalker. Worse, she’s a murderous stalker. I found myself rooting for one of her black holes to swallow her up.
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Pro: The story is basically about Minnie trying to find Vanja and win her back. In that sense, it definitely has a complete plot.
Con: This story jars the reader with gratuitous bad science just about every paragraph. This makes it almost completely unreadable. For example, one cannot speak a programming language like Python. Background radiation wouldn’t interfere with a communications laser. Carrying blackholes around is nonsense. Etc.
Just as bad, Minnie is a stalker. Worse, she’s a murderous stalker. I found myself rooting for one of her black holes to swallow her up.
Other Reviews: Search Web
Josh Pearce Info: Interviews, Websites, ISFDB, FreeSFOnline
Follow RSR on Twitter, Facebook, RSS, or E-mail.
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