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darkerma · Site Admin Joined: 03 Jan 2007 Posts: 56

This forum is a discussion area for the story RSVP by Edward M. Lerner. The story is here:

http://www.darkermatter.com/issue1/rsvp.php

What did you think of the story? What thoughts did it prompt? Do you have any questions or comments you'd like to pose to the author?

Pagadan · Guest

I enjoyed this story, especially the crop circles, but I didn't think too much of the aliens' intelligence. High marks for egocentrism though.

dudgeon · Joined: 25 Mar 2007 Posts: 4 Location: Winnipeg, Manitoba

Well written, but this is the oldest "twist" ending in the SF cliche bag, vis. "the protagonist is really alien rather than human," (or the reverse) or its variants, "the planet described is really earth"

My two cents.
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Saul2200 · Joined: 28 Mar 2007 Posts: 11

I liked it very much. The way it seemed like a legal and/or military hearing was especially appealing. It was almost like readin an alien version of "Rules of Engagement" or "JAG."