Published: Sep. 23, 2010
Words: 4,773 (approximate)
Language: English
ISBN: 9781452362199

Description

When the UAV Scattersky answers a distress call, their captain is expecting a routine rescue operation and dispatches his first commander, Alysha Forrest, to manage the transfer of personnel. But naturally, things are never as easy as they seem on the surface.... This short story won the 2003 Ursa Majors Award for Best Anthropomorphic Short Fiction, and was originally published in Anthrolations.

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adventure, aliens, rescue mission, anthropomorphics

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Review by: Eric Hinkle on Dec. 27, 2010 :
This story is short and sweet, a study in brilliance for its combination of setting and character. It is more than worth its price. Get it, read it, and if you like classic Golden Age SF you will enjoy it.
(reviewed the day of purchase)

Review by: siliconshaman on Oct. 14, 2010 :
Something of a Japanese portrait of a story. A thing composed of few lines, all of them elegantly placed and perfectly capturing the essence of the piece. Short[ish] but perfect. Will leave you wanting more of her stories.
(reviewed within a month of purchase)

Review by: Eric Johnson on Oct. 05, 2010 :
Not too bad, a nice short story that works out pretty good.
(reviewed the day of purchase)

Review by: Elizabeth McCoy on Sep. 24, 2010 :
Short and straightforward, an entertaining SF story that has roots in classic SF (I've been reading old Andre Norton SF on Project Gutenberg, so that's what springs to mind), done with bioengineered nonhuman races. We are the aliens, and -- as this story shows -- we are still what makes us human.

I look forward to more short stories (and possibly novellas?) in this setting.
(reviewed the day of purchase)

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