COMPETITION

by James Causey

COMPETITION
By JAMES CAUSEY




....They would learn what caused the murderous disease—if it was the last thing they did!

Genres: Short Stories, Science Fiction

10 pages, Kindle Edition

First published August 7, 2009

About the author

James Oliver Causey Jr.

See also James O. Causey

Reviews

[Beatrice Drury · Rating 4 out of 5]

Colonists are no longer responding to contacts. The ship sent to investigate find them all dead. What happened? What will happen to the crew of this ship?

I enjoyed this story. I only wish more background had been provided. It would have been even better knowing more about each character.

[Tony Ciak · Rating 5 out of 5]

scifi, short story

[Thom Swennes · Rating 2 out of 5]

When pioneers are mysteriously killed on a newly settled planet, doctors are sent to discover why. This short story, first published in 2009, tells the story of scientists under pressure to perform and the consequences. Technically this belongs in the science fiction genre but isn’t at all what you would expect. Little time and effort is expounded on character and plot building making the tale a real task to follow. Probably most readers will say a word of thanks that the book is so short….hardly a positive endorsement. With this said, I hesitate to condemn it to a single star score but doubling the number would be going too far. I feel one and a half stars would be a fair assessment which puts Competition on the losing end in my evaluation.

[Simona · Rating 2 out of 5]

In this short SF story little time is spent developing the characters(which in sci-fi isn't as bad), The plot has a potential which wasn't fulfilled. I don't know if the REAL mechanics of competition and evolution is misunderstood or just ignored by the author to make the story more appealing.
Overall, it is bellow average in my opinion.