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(Alternate History) In a world where atmospheric problems made guided ICBMs impossible, a young missile pilot talks about his life at base waiting for the call to fly a nuclear missile to his death. (4,025 words; Time: 13m)
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"Rocket Man," by Louis Evans [bio] (edited by Andy Cox), appeared in Interzone issue 286, published on March 15, 2020 by TTA Press.
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Pro: Each of the individual stories has positive points to it. The narrator’s determination not to kill anyone is the one consistent thing in all of them.
Con: It’s essentially a series of “and then I woke up and it was all a dream” stories.
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Pro: Each of the individual stories has positive points to it. The narrator’s determination not to kill anyone is the one consistent thing in all of them.
Con: It’s essentially a series of “and then I woke up and it was all a dream” stories.
Other Reviews: Search Web
Louis Evans Info: Interviews, Websites, ISFDB, FreeSFOnline
Follow RSR on Twitter, Facebook, RSS, or E-mail.
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