Friday, March 13, 2020

The Whale Fall at the End of the Universe, by Cameron Van Sant

[Clarkesworld]
★★★☆☆

(Alien SF) Tristar drifts between the stars looking for things they can scavenge, so a dead space whale is ideal—other than having to share it. (2,313 words; Time: 07m)


"," by (edited by Neil Clarke), appeared in issue 162, published on .

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Review: 2020.135 (A Word for Authors)

Pro: It’s a pretty good account of how Tristar took advantage of the dead whale, made friends with Hunter, and fought off the beast that wanted to eat them.

Con: An alien protagonist in an alien environment is the hardest kind of story to pull off because it’s so hard for the reader to identify with anything.

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