★★★☆☆
(SF Drama) The narrator merged with an alien symbiont to create amazing art, and it’s been great, but lately he/she is feeling dissatisfied. But is there any way to remove the alien? (4,873 words; Time: 16m)
"Parasite Art," by David Tallerman [bio] (edited by Andy Cox), appeared in Interzone issue 284, published on November 15, 2019 by TTA Press.
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Pro: The plot is really about the narrator realizing what he/she really wants and then acting on it. In the process, we learn all about what it’s like being bonded with one of these aliens. Being so much more than you were, and yet also being much less.
Con: The narrator is entirely ungrounded: we never learn name, age, gender or anything else. It’s hard to like him/her very much; the person seems incredibly selfish.
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Pro: The plot is really about the narrator realizing what he/she really wants and then acting on it. In the process, we learn all about what it’s like being bonded with one of these aliens. Being so much more than you were, and yet also being much less.
Con: The narrator is entirely ungrounded: we never learn name, age, gender or anything else. It’s hard to like him/her very much; the person seems incredibly selfish.
Other Reviews: Search Web
David Tallerman Info: Interviews, Websites, ISFDB, FreeSFOnline
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