★★★☆☆
(Space Opera Humor; The Family) A teenage resistance commander fights an AI that’s infected one of her ships with both a computer virus and an Ebola virus. (17,642 words; Time: 58m)
This is a cute little adventure story, but you have to have read the previous installments to make much sense out of it.
"Commander Amanda," by R. Garcia y Robertson [bio] (edited by Sheila Williams), appeared in Asimov's Science Fiction issue 11-12|19, published on October 18, 2019 by Penny Publications.
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Review: 2019.621 (A Word for Authors)
Pro: It’s a pretty straight-up conflict, in which Amanda is fighting for her cause and her own life. There are great good guys, evil bad guys, lots of action, lots of tension, and even quite a few laughs.
Con: It can’t stand alone; even having read the earlier episodes, I got confused a number of times. Someone coming to this cold would be hopelessly lost.
Amanda is so powerful now that it starts to break suspension of disbelief. She’s not just the resistance; she’s the most powerful person in the Jupiter system.
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Pro: It’s a pretty straight-up conflict, in which Amanda is fighting for her cause and her own life. There are great good guys, evil bad guys, lots of action, lots of tension, and even quite a few laughs.
Con: It can’t stand alone; even having read the earlier episodes, I got confused a number of times. Someone coming to this cold would be hopelessly lost.
Amanda is so powerful now that it starts to break suspension of disbelief. She’s not just the resistance; she’s the most powerful person in the Jupiter system.
Other Reviews: Search Web
R. Garcia y Robertson Info: Interviews, Websites, ISFDB, FreeSFOnline
Follow RSR on Twitter, Facebook, RSS, or E-mail.
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