★★★☆☆
(SF Humor) When Kate’s physics experiment goes haywire, her ex-girlfriend and the pompous professor she dumped Kate for turn up to make things even worse. (4,167 words; Time: 13m)
"Why I'll Never Get Tenure," by Peter Wood [bio] (edited by Sheila Williams), appeared in Asimov's Science Fiction issue 07-08|20, published on June 18, 2020 by Penny Publications.
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Review: 2020.351 (A Word for Authors)
Pro: As far as the plot goes, this is about Kate wanting to make a success of her research and get Susan back. The result isn’t quite what she set out to do, but it’s good enough.
I don’t think the scientific technobabble is meant to be taken seriously—Abbott and Costello waves are a strong hint—and it’s sometimes amusing in its own right.
Con: Sometimes it seems the story is meant to be played for laughs and other times it seems very serious. Duke is a caricature of a bad scientist, but most of his behavior doesn’t make me laugh; it makes me angry.
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Pro: As far as the plot goes, this is about Kate wanting to make a success of her research and get Susan back. The result isn’t quite what she set out to do, but it’s good enough.
I don’t think the scientific technobabble is meant to be taken seriously—Abbott and Costello waves are a strong hint—and it’s sometimes amusing in its own right.
Con: Sometimes it seems the story is meant to be played for laughs and other times it seems very serious. Duke is a caricature of a bad scientist, but most of his behavior doesn’t make me laugh; it makes me angry.
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Peter Wood Info: Interviews, Websites, ISFDB, FreeSFOnline
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