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Fiction

Inadequate Options in Adequate Space

Kevin Robson’s existential hero finds that you can’t escape having to choose.

James Emerson 5 sits at the controls of his one-man craft. It’s an unglamorous cargo carrier, with just enough fuel for this interstellar hop. His cargo, as far as has been explained to him, is 17.55kg of archive: paper documents, bound for the nearest destination, the planet M223a.

The vessel is automatic, so there’s little for James to do.

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