Name: Terminal
ISBN: 9780765389398

Lavie Tidhar

Terminal by Lavie Tidhar is an emotionally wrenching science fiction story about people, who, either having nothing to lose or having a deep desire to go into space, travel to Mars via cheap, one-person, one-way vehicles dubbed jalopies. During the trip, those in the swarm communicate with each other, their words relayed to those left behind. At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.

A Tor.Com Original

Terminal

This is a short story about a bunch of people in tiny little one-person spaceships on a one-way trip to Mars. Its strength is that it's beautifully written and quite poetic - you'll love this if you like dream-like allegorical and melancholy stories.

What didn't work for me were the logistics and science behind the whole idea, which didn't make sense (nor was it explained). I also had trouble figuring out the actual message of the story, but perhaps that's on me and I should have focused better (I listened to this on audio).

But a few images and the overall quite tender mood were evocative and stayed with me, so it's worth reading and thinking about.

Terminal A Tor.Com Original