★★★☆☆
(SF Adventure) A woman helps launch the first probes to α Centauri, but knowing she can’t live 80 years, she hibernates so she can see the results. (1,385 words; Time: 04m)
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"The Swarm," by Mario Milosevic [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: 2019.472 (A Word for Authors)
Pro: I’ve often wondered whether certain long-term scientific projects might benefit from hibernation if it were possible for some/most of the staff to sleep through years or decades while waiting for results.
Obviously, in this case, the results are so scanty that the whole thing looks like a terrible mistake. They abandoned their families and friends and moved to an impoverished future Earth all in order to see a dozen blurry pictures.
Con: This is a short-short story, so one can’t expect too much, but I ended it asking, “so what?”
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Pro: I’ve often wondered whether certain long-term scientific projects might benefit from hibernation if it were possible for some/most of the staff to sleep through years or decades while waiting for results.
Obviously, in this case, the results are so scanty that the whole thing looks like a terrible mistake. They abandoned their families and friends and moved to an impoverished future Earth all in order to see a dozen blurry pictures.
Con: This is a short-short story, so one can’t expect too much, but I ended it asking, “so what?”
Other Reviews: Search Web
Mario Milosevic Info: Interviews, Websites, ISFDB, FreeSFOnline
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