Hitchhiker

by Peter Watts

A short story hidden in the text of another.

Genres: Science Fiction, Short Stories, Fiction

Unknown Binding

First published June 12, 2018

Reviews

[Anna Nesterovich · Rating 5 out of 5]

I want the rest of it! Right now!

[Mundy Reimer · Rating 3 out of 5]

Ah, just when it was about to get good with the gills you get the (...To be continued), haha.

This short story was arrived at through a hidden message encoded in the novella The Freeze-Frame Revolution as part of the Sunflower Cycle, but in case that went unnoticed, you can reach it through this link. For the latter, you can find my review here.

Looking forward to updating this review if/when the story is finished!

[Sebastian · Rating 5 out of 5]

A perfect bit of dessert to go with the main novel(la).

[Princessjay · Rating 4 out of 5]

A hidden beginning of a story linked from The Freeze-frame Revolution. Viktor Heinwald is woken 2 million years after the mutiny to check out a human ship wreck light years from human space.

The ship had wrecked, and survivors sealed themselves up into a biodome inside, about 800 m across, and survived in the cave for generations, finally dying out. As the Eriophora crew surveyed this, a creature intercepted their comm and told them it's a tourist, and have been on this wreck for a hundred terasecs. It comes in, a spectral creature with rings of eyes and many limbs... And told them, "what do you mean I'm alien? I'm more human than you are for 68 million years." TO BE CONTINUED!! 😭

Please finish the story, Mr. Watts!

[Dan · Rating 4 out of 5]

Cool big idea, and the mystery unfolds well in the structure of a short story. A little disappointing that it didn't better close the narrative loop of Freeze Frame, but still enjoyable on its own.

[Jerfus · Rating 3 out of 5]

3.5 stars... I'm not sure since it's clearly a work in progress.

[Kasey Haught · Rating 3 out of 5]

I imagine this would be worth 5 stars, like the rest of thr Sunflower Cycle, if the author were ever to finish it.

[Clora · Rating 3 out of 5]

doesn't add much to the freeze frame revolution verse tbh

[Michael · Rating 3 out of 5]

Really looking forward to the conclusion!

[Darnell · Rating 4 out of 5]

Nice coda to the book, but not required reading.