#71 After the Fall, Before the Fall, During the Fall by Nancy Kress

[missingvolume]

This was on the Hugo ballot as a novella. so I read it in order to vote fully informed. The setup of the story was interesting but the ending was a complete downer. I'm not sure how you could have changed the outcome of the story but it was just rough and so bleak.

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[sanmiguel71.livejournal.com]

Well I am glass is half full person. I also figured that it was better being outdoors where you had some freedom than to be trapped in the safe house, particularly since Earth looked like it was recovering from the disaster. This is a story strength since some can see it as a bleak ending where I saw as an optimistic ending.