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Backscatter by Gregory Benford

amshofner's review

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3.0

Backscatter is for people who...

...like a little sci-fi in their lives
...are thrilled by a little race against time
...enjoy software that's unintentionally smartass
...find new discoveries exciting
...don't mind a quick conclusion to the story
...need a quickie stand alone to fill their lonely nights

Backscatter was a free book I read on Tor's website on July 10, 2013 for the Why Buy the Cow? reading challenge.

keu482's review

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3.0

Another Tor.com short story

I read this and all I could think about was how they found a new life form and the first thought (and every thought after) was of how to exploit it. I know it's human nature but come on people, aren't you at least interested in study or anything less greedy and awful?
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