★★★☆☆
(Hard SF) A committee debates which animal to return from extinction this year, but everyone has a hidden agenda. (823 words; Time: 02m)
"The Annual Argument at the De-extinction Board Meeting," by Antha Ann Adkins [bio] (edited by Trevor Quachri), appeared in Analog Science Fiction and Fact issue 09-10|19, published on August 16, 2019 by Penny Publications.
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Review: 2019.473 (A Word for Authors)
Pro: Any good flash piece should end with a laugh (or maybe a gasp). Fittingly, there really was such a thing as a sabertooth salmon. And the technical issues discussed in the story all sound reasonable.
Con: There isn’t much to this besides the laugh.
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Pro: Any good flash piece should end with a laugh (or maybe a gasp). Fittingly, there really was such a thing as a sabertooth salmon. And the technical issues discussed in the story all sound reasonable.
Con: There isn’t much to this besides the laugh.
Other Reviews: Search Web
Antha Ann Adkins Info: Interviews, Websites, ISFDB, FreeSFOnline
Follow RSR on Twitter, Facebook, RSS, or E-mail.
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