★★★☆☆ Average
(SF Humor) An alien research team makes interesting discovering about subatomic matter. (3,145 words; Time: 10m)
"A Life in Particle Archaeology," by John J. Vester [bio] (edited by Trevor Quachri), appeared in Analog Science Fiction and Fact issue 07-08|19, published on June 15, 2019 by Penny Publications.
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Review: 2019.353 (A Word for Authors)
Pro: There are lots of in jokes for people in academia. The names include references to famous scientists. (E.g. Dirac + arachnid). The professor mistreats his grad students to the point where he literally eats them. Etc.
Con: It’s not that funny, and the jokes are really all there is to it.
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Pro: There are lots of in jokes for people in academia. The names include references to famous scientists. (E.g. Dirac + arachnid). The professor mistreats his grad students to the point where he literally eats them. Etc.
Con: It’s not that funny, and the jokes are really all there is to it.
Other Reviews: Search Web
John J. Vester Info: Interviews, Websites, ISFDB, FreeSFOnline
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Where can I learn about the scientific principles joked about/discussed in the story?
ReplyDeleteA lot of these jokes I did not understand. I am new to science as a subject, and I wasn't sure what the hell was going on, tbh. The writing was smooth, though. I enjoyed what little I could understand.
Any resources you recommend looking at for a second look at this?