Another Great Discovery by Daniel Sosa

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Another Great Discovery by Daniel Sosa

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This was a fun one, a look at humanity (after its apparent demise) by a completely alien species.  It reminded me a bit of Hal Clement's Iceworld, among other things, although in this case the contrast between the aliens (apparently supersized protozoa, reproducing through mitosis, communicating through telepathy?) and the humans is much more extreme.<br><br>The aliens' technology is apparently very advanced (a detour to another star system would take only ten seconds?) ... their species has survived the tricky stage of having the technological capability to wipe themselves out and moved on, and on, and on.<br><br>Overall, the science in this story qualifies as 'firm', if not 'hard', with astronomical and biological terminology used correctly (I think) ...<br><br>Quibbles:  a few jarring typos or misspelled words ("college" for "colleague"; "represent" for "repressant", which should probably have been "suppressant", anyway); a few grammatical errors; the bizarre use of names that seem remarkably human (Georgio and Nick???).<br><br>No doubt Mr. Sosa will go on to produce even more entertaining work in the future.
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