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1016 to 1
Our fourth piece of audio fiction for December is “1016 to 1” written by James Patrick Kelly and read by Kate Baker.
Clarkesworld Magazine Issue 87 - 10^16 to 1 by James Patrick Kelly [64:10m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download (47649)First published in Asimov’s Science Fiction, June 1999.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
James Patrick Kelly made his first sale in 1975, and since has gone on to become one of the most respected and popular writers to enter the field in the last twenty years. Although Kelly has had some success with novels, he has perhaps had more impact to date as a writer of short fiction, and is often ranked among the best short story writers in the business. His story "Think Like a Dinosaur" won him a Hugo Award in 1996, as did his story "10^16 to 1," in 2000. Kelly's first solo novel, Planet of Whispers, came out in 1984. It was followed by Freedom Beach, a mosaic novel written in collaboration with John Kessel, and then by the solo novels, Look Into the Sun and Wildside, as well as the chapbook novella, Burn. His short work has been collected in Think Like a Dinosaur and Strange But Not a Stranger. His most recent book are a series of anthologies co-edited with John Kessel: Feeling Very Strange: The Slipstream Anthology, The Secret History of Science Fiction, Digital Rapture: The Singularity Anthology, Rewired: The Post-Cyberpunk Anthology, and Nebula Awards Showcase 2012. Born in Minneola, New York, Kelly now lives with his family in Nottingham, New Hampshire.
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Steve wrote on December 23rd, 2013 at 9:01 am:
Great story.
Bryan Alexander wrote on March 15th, 2014 at 6:11 pm:
A fine tale. I like the way it shifted my expectations for JFK being Cross' target to... Adlai Stevenson!
I also admire the depiction of the narrator's mindset: very believable, sympathetic.
The coda does a great job of racing ahead to the present, quietly summoning up Cold War nuclear fears once more.
And beautifully read, as ever, Kate Baker. Brava on the voices, especially that of Cross.
Languorous Lass wrote on February 23rd, 2017 at 11:11 pm:
Whoa. From the perspective of almost 3 years after the podcast, this story is a lot scarier. As of this moment, I could easily imagine the world ending in nuclear war in 2019.