Jim Hawkins. Sky Leap – Earth Flame. (Interzone #244 Jan/Feb 2013)
As with the last Hawkins story in Interzone, this one left me cold – it reads like a quickly written novelisation of an average TV drama.
Reviewing short SF since 2000
As with the last Hawkins story in Interzone, this one left me cold – it reads like a quickly written novelisation of an average TV drama.
Lengthy, staccato, fast-paced science thriller.
One of the strongest stories in IZ over recent issues, and one I can see being atop the Readers’ Poll for 2010.
Ecological, political and societal upheavel has left Europe and the USA devastated. However, Africa is a continent reborn, cheap energy at their fingertips.