Ortez sat at his usual place, wincing as he remembered to get someone to fix the springs in his chair.
Of all the places on the ship, the mess was the most spacious, (i.e.: it was a big mess.) The command officer’s balcony overhung the rest of the crew dining area. Some off-duty personnel were lounging around in civvies, which consisted mostly of re-revamped 60's hippy fashions. Turning a corner, he met with a stream of crewmen milling around between shifts. At twelve twenty-five, Commander Ortez found himself stepping out of an elevator into an equally mundane grey steel corridor on his way to the mess hall. The next hour dragged by, in about the same way as the hour before that. The Narrator does a Great job with the various characters voices and the entire storyline on all 5 Stories.” – Georgia McNabb, review for Space Sucks! on Audible, January 7, 2023.“Same time as every day, Fyl." she fussed, the rest of the bridge crew seeming to hold their breaths. The actual Blurb describing this book is quite on point and I do not have much more to add. I personally enjoyed this book and think other people will also. “These a 5 Stories that are unrelated to each other. 4 stars.” – Eduardo Aduna for Readers’ Favorite, May 09, 2020. Space Sucks! is a little collection that packs a big punch, enough to leave readers in an imaginative stupor after reading each of the stories it contains. A Really Bad Day In The Life of Lance Corporal Thomas O’Blivion also deserves mention as being a concise but highly action-packed and enjoyable read. Beyond in particular stands out as the epitome of what science fiction has always aimed to be: a literary mirror that highlights human circumstances in fictional situations and puts current themes and norms into perspective. Mac, and Beyond all being exceptional reads. The stories themselves just get better as they go, with A Really Bad Day In The Life Of Lance Corporal Thomas O’Blivion, I.
The dialogue may be a bit awkward at some points, especially in the first story, but it does not sufficiently detract from the reader’s enjoyment of these stories. Christina Engela’s Space Sucks! is a collection of various science fiction scenarios that, though common enough to be familiar to readers, still offer a unique perspective tinged with the author’s sense of humor.įrom first encounters to interstellar emergencies, Space Sucks! by Christina Engela manages to pique the reader’s imagination with concise prose and descriptive language. Short stories are an ideal medium to convey snapshots of imaginary worlds while limiting exacting details that would detract from the main focus of the story. “The rise of science fiction as we know it stemmed from short stories published in feature magazines by authors like Asimov, del Rey, and van Vogt. Space Sucks! is a little collection that packs a big punch
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