Comments on: Kin by Bruce McAllister

By: Rusty

Rusty — Thu, 16 Oct 2008 04:02:47 +0000

Excellent Nathan!

I’m glad to see that this great short story is back online. Thanks for making us aware of it.

By: Nathan E. Lilly

Nathan E. Lilly — Wed, 15 Oct 2008 15:14:59 +0000

I’ve just published this at SpaceWesterns.com, making it available to read again on the Internet.

http://www.spacewesterns.com/articles/100/

BTW: Not that I think that the story was intended to comment on the abortion issue, but I read this as being pro-choice, just attacking the argument from the other end: What if women were forced to have abortions?

By: scatterbrain

scatterbrain — Tue, 09 Sep 2008 22:43:47 +0000

I guess it was pretty ‘knee-jerk’ as you say. I stand by opinion though.

By: Upright Citizen

Upright Citizen — Sat, 26 Apr 2008 00:26:44 +0000

He’s actually pretty liberal, I am 100% sure he is pro-choice IRL, as I know the man personally.

Go easy on the knee-jerk reaction. There are other motivations here.

By: Rusty

Rusty — Wed, 26 Mar 2008 03:12:00 +0000

scatterbrain,

That is an interesting viewpoint, and one that I never would have guessed at myself. I took at look at some other peoples’ comments about this story (on other web sites) and I see that there are plenty of people who would agree with you.

For me, however, I did not see it as an overt (or covert) attempt at a “pro-life” story. I just thought it was a cool science fiction story.

By: scatterbrain

scatterbrain — Mon, 24 Mar 2008 23:51:53 +0000

I thought it was well-written but had a hidden anti-abortion which serves no place in modern science fiction. This story will forever make McAllister the “pro-life pundit.”