Challenge 930

Up for Crabs

In Michael Burnett’s The Last Dark Age of Man: To what extent is the story science fiction? To what extent is it supported by current science fact?
In M. Maponi’s Interviewing the CEO:
1. Thomas is not an atheist. Why not? What is he, exactly?
2. Is Thomas a terrorist? If so, why does he interview the “CEO” at length? What personal motivation does he have?
3. What might have changed Thomas’s mind and kept him from completing his “glorious mission”? What kind of god does Thomas want?

In Bill Bowler’s Klunk:
1. What do Caspar Klunk’s “repairs” stand to teach him about the nature of conscious self-awareness? What might it take for him to open his mind to the lesson?
2. Has the “humans only” colony of Alphane 3 been lost or destroyed? If lost, then what might one anticipate as the cause?
In David Barber’s Lost in Mirkwood:
1. What is the function of Hardknott Pass?
2. What kind of being is the Nameless One?
3. What might Swifan’s culture learn from Martin’s advanced technology about defense from ravenous beings?
In Charles C. Cole’s No Kiss, No Hug:
1. Who abandoned the old man, and why?
2. Why might one think that Alma and Jacob might not be entirely strangers?
In LindaAnn LoSchiavo’s Elfriche:
1. What references can you find to Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream and Ovid’s Metamorphoses?
2. Does the poem refer to the myth of Diana and Actaeon?
In John Rossi’s The Adventures of Dead Dan: The Old Religion: What are the possible consequences of Drina’s turning Dead Dan loose upon the world? What has she presumed about him? Is any of the other supernatural “tribes” in a position to stop Dan, if he runs amok?