Challenge 1122
Go Your Own Way
In Christopher Giangiordano’s Rounded With a Knife: How does the conclusion avoid overstepping Bewildering Stories’ guideline about “dream” stories?
In Ronald Larsen’s The Tax Collector and the Knight: Can you think of another punch line with which Sir Galahad might conclude the joke?
In Steven Ross’s System Exit N: At the end, why does the crowd of humans unianimously hail N?
In Kai Toh’s Brothers in Arms: The Readers’ Guide suggests that the missionary’s role in the story might allude to a “detrimental institution in Canadian history.” What was that institution? Hint to non-Canadians: research “Truth and Reconciliation.”
In Val Votrin‘s Rubizhne:
- What is the significance to the narrative of the location of Maksim‘s homeland, in Siberia? What difference might other locations have made?
- The description of the Nenets’ folkloric deity Nga is somewhat particular, but it provides a religous context for Maksim’s ultimate decision not to shoot his Ukrainian counterpart. Why does Maksim decide not to “follow the herd”?
In Martin Elster’s, Axis Denied:
- Earth’s obliquity relative to the Sun has changed slightly in recent geological history. Was there ever a time when the axis was vertical?
- How might a seasonless year affect the global climate?
- What bird does the poet appear to be addressing?
What is a Bewildering Stories Challenge?
