No Planets Strike

Publication(s)

• First publication
  • The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, January 1997
• Wolfe collection(s)
  • Strange Travelers
• Other anthologies
  • The Best from Fantasy & Science Fiction: The Fiftieth Anniversary Anthology, ed. Edward L. Ferman and Gordon Van Gelder, Tor 1999.

Summary

Two genetically-enhanced animals participate in a new nativity on an alien planet.

Analysis

• The "Beautiful Ones" could also be called "Fair Ones" or fairies.

Unresolved Questions

• Was it A or was it B, or was it X or Z?
• Was it he or was it she, or was it you or me?
• Who dunnit?
• Did the Star Child really start WWIII at the end of 2001?

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