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025 - Yoon Ha Lee - Flower, Mercy, Needle, Chain (2010)
Short science fiction review
English - May 06, 2016 11:33 - 4 minutes - 3.85 MB - ★★★ - 1 ratingBooks Arts Society & Culture Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
Yoon Ha Lee's short story Flower, Mercy, Needle, Chain was first published in the September 2010 editor of Lightspeed magazine. I read it is The Year's Best Science Fiction 28, edited by Gardner Dozois.
Flower, Mercy, Needle, Chain tells the story of a female assassin in possession of an incredible weapon that allows her to eliminate her victim's entire ancestral line. It's a deep philosophical tale which the author uses to explore issues of free will and determinism.
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