Great "Last Reef" Review
Filed under My Writing • Reviews • 27-06-2006 •
Author Matthew Tait has written a great review of Interzone #202 on the Horrorscope site, including this about my short story from that issue:
“Author Gareth Lyn Powell gives us THE LAST REEF, and manages, via a powerful torrent of invention, to imbue a myriad of ideas more in tune with a novel than a short story. In such a short space, we are treated to a potential future where simple communication nodes in an interplanetary radio network develop into sentience with awesome results. Humans, in their desire to transform, enter this matrix and are utterly altered from the creatures they once were. Some experience physical or mental deformities; others are elevated to a higher level of consciousness. People transformed by the Reef are highly sought after prizes as the Reefs themselves slowly morph into different realms or are terminated by the powers that be. Against this backdrop are three characters trying to reverse the reef’s destructive forces. Powell uses love as a motivation, with clever flashbacks throughout that dovetail inexorably toward the ending. Accompanied by a brilliant illustration, THE LAST REEF is a fabulous read indeed.”
Tags: Interzone • The Last Reef
