[Report This]Date: 20 Oct 2020 16:43 Title: Day Nine: Last Seen Wearing: II
Tazla is on the right track. I suspected it was something else - but that's from years of Star Trek plots with telepathic takeovers of crew members from any variety of subspace foes - not all of them identified.
Spot on storytelling with schools of red herrings and plenty of distractions to keep the characters from zeroing in on the actual culprit... Whose trail I have no doubt Star is hot on now...
And really nice character development on Star.
Part Agatha Christie, part Fredriech Pohl - the classics never grow old.
Thanks!! rbs
Author's Response: Thanks for the nice words. Plenty of misdirection in this story which you've expertly spotted for the most part. I remember having had a blast mixing these two genres into a story. It's been done before, of course, including in Trek but perhaps not quite on this scope.
Date: 11 Mar 2014 20:00 Title: Day Nine: Last Seen Wearing: II
Oh, Star. She survived and survived only because she was addicted to a substance that has some nasty effects (albeit some beneficial ones). The Doc knows this is going to end poorly but he's being a friend, which is exactly the play a friend would make.
So, I'm wondering now what this nebula is doing to folks ... nice job bringing it back around to Owens lost night. What's the connection?
Author's Response: What, indeed. We'll find out soon.