★★★☆☆ Good Start
(Post Apocalypse) Terik and his friends must travel a few kilometers from their homes as a coming-of-age ritual, and he heads to Gateway because rumor has it there’s an American there. (3,448 words; Time: 11m)
"Follow, Past Meridian," by Mark W. Tiedemann [bio] (edited by Trevor Quachri), appeared in Analog Science Fiction and Fact issue 11-12|19, published on October 18, 2019 by Penny Publications.
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Review: 2019.612 (A Word for Authors)
Pro: It’s pretty clear early on that this is a post-collapse society of some sort, but there’s enough advanced equipment to make you wonder just what the rest of the world is like. From the names of places, it’s pretty clear this is set somewhere in present-day England.
Terik has an adventurous spirit just to want to meet this stranger, and it’s significant that Danny sees merit in his willingness to engage with strangers.
Con: And then it just stops. It’s a nice intro to a story, maybe a novel. If there’s more to it, I’d be interested in reading it.
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Pro: It’s pretty clear early on that this is a post-collapse society of some sort, but there’s enough advanced equipment to make you wonder just what the rest of the world is like. From the names of places, it’s pretty clear this is set somewhere in present-day England.
Terik has an adventurous spirit just to want to meet this stranger, and it’s significant that Danny sees merit in his willingness to engage with strangers.
Con: And then it just stops. It’s a nice intro to a story, maybe a novel. If there’s more to it, I’d be interested in reading it.
Other Reviews: Search Web
Mark W. Tiedemann Info: Interviews, Websites, ISFDB, FreeSFOnline
Follow RSR on Twitter, Facebook, RSS, or E-mail.
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