Another Interzone Review
Filed under My Writing • Reviews • 01-04-2006 •
IZ202 is reviewed by Kara Kellar Bell on the Laura Hird website. She writes: “‘The Last Reef’ by Gareth Lyn Powell returns to the theme of Artificial Intelligence and nanotechs. The plot is too complicated to go into here, particularly the nature of the Reef, a form of AI, but it’s a case of something out of control and deemed a threat by those in power who want to destroy it. However, those directly touched by the AI see it very differently. At best, it’s an ambiguous entity which offers gifts to some, and destruction to others. A love triangle plays out against this background, a man still in love with his ex-partner who is now with another woman. This story is one of the best in the issue, alongside ‘Sundown Sheila’. But all four are up to the usual standards of the magazine.”
Tags: Interzone • The Last Reef
