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The Wait is Longer Than You Think
http://giganotosaurus.org/2018/05/01/...
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Fiction, Novelette
John stood and gunned up his courage. “We need to talk.”
Colophinanoc’s manipulator digits didn’t stop their movement, their rhythmic squirming in and out and around the...
Available as online fiction, or as epub and mobi downloads
Fiction, Novelette
John stood and gunned up his courage. “We need to talk.”
Colophinanoc’s manipulator digits didn’t stop their movement, their rhythmic squirming in and out and around the...
- GenresScience Fiction
32 pages, ebook
First published May 1, 2018
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May 11, 2018
Included in my weekly zine review for May 10: https://1000yearplan.com/2018/05/11/t...
John the Human and Colophinanoc the Kinri are marooned on a distant planet. Rescue is coming, but it’s going to be awhile – years in fact – and for John, survival means more than just having enough to eat: he needs a friend. Unfortunately, the Kinri are a fundamentally solitary race, who can’t comprehend humans’ obsession with socializing. Adrian Simmons funny, lyrical, heartfelt (and heartbreaking) novelette “The Wait is Longer Than You Think” is the kind of story where the characters figure out how to do everything right, but it still goes wrong because the universe is a shitty and unforgiving place. Far from cynical or pessimistic, though, it evinces a healthy stoicism about the fate of its heroes, and revels in the small victories that make life worth the effort.
John the Human and Colophinanoc the Kinri are marooned on a distant planet. Rescue is coming, but it’s going to be awhile – years in fact – and for John, survival means more than just having enough to eat: he needs a friend. Unfortunately, the Kinri are a fundamentally solitary race, who can’t comprehend humans’ obsession with socializing. Adrian Simmons funny, lyrical, heartfelt (and heartbreaking) novelette “The Wait is Longer Than You Think” is the kind of story where the characters figure out how to do everything right, but it still goes wrong because the universe is a shitty and unforgiving place. Far from cynical or pessimistic, though, it evinces a healthy stoicism about the fate of its heroes, and revels in the small victories that make life worth the effort.
May 6, 2022
First-rate story, but not very, well, cheerful. I was going to write a review, but I think it will be, "go read Gary's. What he said." https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
On the reread list. Story link: http://giganotosaurus.org/2018/05/01/...
On the reread list. Story link: http://giganotosaurus.org/2018/05/01/...
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