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Published: Jan. 11, 2012
Words: 6,084 (approximate)
Language: English
ISBN: 9781466000742
Short description
We fell out of the void toward the planet that Hugo had named Eliot. Its G-class star, Pound, hung like a fiery jewel in the void. I was frozen, and Pound thawed me from an eon's sleep, gossamer arrays drinking in light and heat and literally, though indirectly, warming the frozen sludge of my blood. It brought me back to life. Five thousand others slept on. Eighteen corpses thawed, and bled...Extended description
We fell out of the void toward the planet that Hugo had named Eliot. Its G-class star, Pound, hung like a fiery jewel in the void. I was frozen, and Pound thawed me from an eon's sleep, gossamer arrays drinking in light and heat and literally, though indirectly, warming the frozen sludge of my blood. It brought me back to life. Five thousand others slept on. Eighteen corpses thawed, and bled...'Waste Land' is a free sci fi short story drawn from the short story collection "The Sorcerer's lament & Other Tales" - Nine dark, weird and wonderful tales of fantasy, science fiction and the paranormal tinged with horror. From a boy who kills an entire world, to a mother who would give the entire world up for revenge, to a world that may actually be a god, these speculative fiction stories pull no punches.
Try not to flinch.
"McClung has an impressive ability to write compelling characters and a fast paced and action packed plot that never seems to let up." -Speculative Book Review
Tags
sci fi, space exploration, ts eliotAvailable ebook reading formats
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Review by:
Mark
on Feb. 11, 2012 :
Just downloaded and read "Wasteland".
That is very, very good indeed!
I'm no fan of short stories, (usually they just succeed in getting across an idea perhaps wih a twist or two...) but this has the dramatic murder scene, evokes the ache of missing a child, mysteries of science, and of human motives, and questions the divide between science and god.
Would make a hell of a good movie, A modern 2001, A Space Odyssey... (except not boring at all...)
Five Star.
(review of free book)