Review: Thrill Kings - The Size Of Minneapolis
Upright by Rik Ty
Genre: Science
Fiction/Short Story
Description:
“Nonstop (an interdimensional rescue worker), has to evacuate a widow
and her foster children from a farmhouse before an enormous Inter-D rampages — but
Nonstop can’t find any sign of the family — just the heartbreaking corpse of a
friendly-looking dog. What happened?”
Author:
“Rik Ty spent the nineties on the newsstand, publishing as a writer,
artist, or both, for Marvel and DC comics, Cracked
Magazine, and Matchbox Toys. He has spent the current millennium as a
Senior Design Manager for a major Toy Company. Thrill Kings allows him to focus
his personal attentions on a long-term, all-encompassing project with a very
flexible deadline - something that helps a lot.”
Appraisal:
This is a short story designed to introduce interested readers to the
authors Thrill Kings series. The story is short and intense involving a rescue
of a family that is in danger. The reason for the danger has to do with a few
science fiction constructs that I’m not sure I have figured out well enough to
explain. The short version is that for reasons I won’t go into abrasions or “bleed
zones” have developed between two different dimensions. This interaction
between dimensions creates issues. The Thrill Kings in this story and
presumably the other books in the series are expected to save the day when
things go wrong.
This tale is well written, the characters are well-developed, and the
story intense. If it sounds like your kind of science fiction, give it a try.
Format/Typo
Issues:
No significant issues.
Rating: ****
Four Stars
Reviewed
by: BigAl
Approximate
word count: 5-6,000 words
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