Monday, June 15, 2015

Hill 142, by Jason Cordova

Jason Cordova is a 2015 nominee for the John W. Campbell Memorial Award for Best New Writer.

This is a single, small battle of World War One, with the Germans equipped with giant, venomous spiders as cavalry mounts, and the Americans equipped with giant (2000-pound) lion as mounts. There's no explanation of why or how, other than a reference to a breeding program for the lions in Texas, There's also no indication of how this affects the war, other than sending the surviving soldiers home with more fantastical stories to tell.

So what's the point? I have no idea.

Not recommended.

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