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The Best We Can: A Tor.Com Original | Carrie Vaughn

1 post | 3 read | 2 to read

First contact was supposed to change the course of human history. But it turns out, you still have to go to work the next morning. At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.

eol

The Best We Can: A Tor.Com Original | Carrie Vaughn

so-so

An alien ship comes, and humans are too busy arguing and shifting responsibility to do anything about it.

What I got from this piece is mostly inertia. The bureaucracy, the media circus, ignoring the science, and looking for one‘s own gain—I was uncomfortably reminded of the covid times, and it was not a pleasant feeling. Unfortunately, while it gets kudos for invoking an emotional reaction, the story itself is nothing to write home about.

3/5

eol A free Tor.com #shortstory https://www.tor.com/2013/07/17/the-best-we-can/ 13mo

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