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Clarkesworld Magazine, Issue 137 by Fran Wilde, Julie Nováková, Neil Clarke, Robert Reed, Pat Cadigan, Joe R. Lansdale, Chris Urie, A Que, Carolyn Ives Gilman
4.0
Rating and review only for Carolyn Ives Gilman's "Umbernight".
I love survival stories. I love space colony SF. Both require a well constructed world and this novella delivers it. The dangers from a second sun in a binary world, where certain nights bring out a change landscape with mysterious lifeforms. A team of colonists trying to take what the original settlers give them. Did it worth the journey? How do one know when to take a risk? Is rationality always applicable when it comes to long term survival? This gripping tale will make you think.
PS: Hugo-worthy? Yes.
I love survival stories. I love space colony SF. Both require a well constructed world and this novella delivers it. The dangers from a second sun in a binary world, where certain nights bring out a change landscape with mysterious lifeforms. A team of colonists trying to take what the original settlers give them. Did it worth the journey? How do one know when to take a risk? Is rationality always applicable when it comes to long term survival? This gripping tale will make you think.
PS: Hugo-worthy? Yes.