★★★☆☆ Honorable Mention
(SF Thriller) A young physicist on the moon has to get to his benefactor on Earth before someone else kills him to keep him from revealing his brilliant new idea. (6,816 words; Time: 22m)
"The Way To Compostela," by Jean-Louis Trudel [bio] (edited by Sheila Williams), appeared in Asimov's Science Fiction issue 01-02|20, published on December 19, 2019 by Penny Publications.
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Review: 2020.024 (A Word for Authors)
Pro: If you swallow the premise, it’s a pretty cool adventure, full of thrills, excitement, and twists. There’s even a nice little love story built into it.
Con: The idea that corporations would try to assassinate a physicist for fear his research would hurt their quarterly results is impossible to take seriously. This undermines the whole story.
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Pro: If you swallow the premise, it’s a pretty cool adventure, full of thrills, excitement, and twists. There’s even a nice little love story built into it.
Con: The idea that corporations would try to assassinate a physicist for fear his research would hurt their quarterly results is impossible to take seriously. This undermines the whole story.
Other Reviews: Search Web
Jean-Louis Trudel Info: Interviews, Websites, ISFDB, FreeSFOnline
Follow RSR on Twitter, Facebook, RSS, or E-mail.
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