Review: This Long Vigil

This Long Vigil (A Short Story) - Rhett Bruno

Wow... Just wow.

A number of people I know had mentioned this author as someone I needed to read, and now I understand why. It takes a very talented writer to put such depth of emotion into a short story, especially when the characters are an A.I. and a man with no real life experience.

On a long journey, the ship Hermes must always have one thousand inhabitants... Nine hundred ninety nice in a type of hibernation, and one conscious to care for them and to be a set of hands for the ship's artificial intelligence. But can life, once lived in even the smallest way, be given up again for duty?

This is one of those stories that will stay in my mind for a long time.

Source: http://www.amazon.com/review/R2AJWH0TDGGXST