Roy Adams reviewed Walking to Aldebaran by Adrian Tchaikovsky (Terrible Worlds: Destinations)
Interesting story but ending felt abrupt
4 stars
This was an interesting story but the ending felt abrupt and a little incomplete.
hardcover, 140 pages
English language
Published May 28, 2019 by Solaris.
Gary Rendell is the sole survivor of a mission exploring an anomalous artefact discovered in the Kuiper Belt. Now trapped there, can Gary survive and just as importantly can he survive with his humanity intact?
I got even luckier. When disaster hit and our team was split up, scattered through the endless cold tunnels, I somehow survived.
This was an interesting story but the ending felt abrupt and a little incomplete.
Loved it. If you know your classics, you know how this will end. But I didn't pay attention, and was totally blindsided. In a good way.
I really enjoyed this little morsel.
Darkly engaging and bitingly hilarious.
A mix between the Big Dumb Object and wormholes tropes.
A setup that allows Tchaikovsky to go wild with his wonderful imaginings of alien life forms.
I got a strong impression that this is a reimagining of [b:The Man in the Maze|449329|The Man in the Maze|Robert Silverberg|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1457202385l/449329.SY75.jpg|2505700] by Robert Silverberg.