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September 5, 2009

This Must Be The Place” by Elliott Bangs — short story club week 3

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Not a lot to say about this one. I hate time travel sto­ries, and this one is a par­tic­u­larly odious exam­ple of the breed. Too many time travel sto­ries go into puzzle mode, and so too here. The writ­ing is all right, but the char­ac­ter­i­za­tion is of neces­sity a bit thin. As a dis­claimer, it takes Gene Wolfe level talent to get me inter­ested in this sort of thing, so my opin­ion is best ignored here.

One Response to “This Must Be The Place” by Elliott Bangs — short story club week 3”

  1. Short Story Club: “This Must Be The Place” « Torque Control Says:

    […] Torque Con­trol read­ers, Evan didn’t care for it: Not a lot to say about this one. I hate time travel sto­ries, and this one is a par­tic­u­larly odious […]

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