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No Brighter Glory [MultiFormat]
eBook by Sheila Finch
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eBook Category: Science Fiction
eBook Description: A Guild of Xenolinguistics (Lingster) story. The Mynah A virus has devastated the human colonies in the Orion Arm, and vaccines are being tested on a planet with primitive life forms ... until a report from an ex-employee suggests the life forms are not as prmitive as they thought.
eBook Publisher: Fictionwise.com, Published: F&SF, 1999
Fictionwise Release Date: November 2000
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Available eBook Formats [MultiFormat - What's this?]: Adobe Acrobat (PDF) [132 KB], eReader (PDB) [47 KB], Palm Doc (PDB) [36 KB], Rocket/REB1100 (RB) [32 KB], Microsoft Reader (LIT) [63 KB] - PocketPC 1.0+ Compatible, Franklin eBookMan (FUB) [105 KB], hiebook (KML) [104 KB], Sony Reader (LRF) [60 KB], iSilo (PDB) [29 KB], Mobipocket (PRC) [37 KB], Kindle Compatible (MOBI) [65 KB], OEBFF Format (IMP) [51 KB]
Words: 10218
Reading time: 29-40 min.
Microsoft Reader (LIT) Format: Printing DISABLED, Read-Aloud ENABLED
Adobe Acrobat (PDF) Format: Printing DISABLED, Read-Aloud DISABLED
All Other formats: Printing DISABLED, Read-aloud DISABLED
 
"No Brighter Glory" by Sheila Finch explores the conflict between the need to test scientific theories in the real world, and the damage that can cause. A micro-organism is devastating worlds. It doesn't harm the current generation, but causes severe mutations in the offspring of the infected parents. Dr. Wong and his team are testing this organism in situ by releasing the micro-organism on a world supposedly devoid of intelligent life. Alyn Caradoc of PETAL later is sent when a report is received that the world does have intelligent life. And the tale unfolds from there with a predictably tragic ending. This was a nice tale, but offered nothing new. -Jim Reichert, Tangent Online (Learn more about Tangent Online, the Internet's leading SF&F short fiction review website)
There would've been no problem with IW-Bio's research if the ex-employee hadn't told People for the Ethical Treatment of All Life that Walden's oceans contained at least one possibly intelligent species that wasn't reported. PETAL hired a xenolinguist with dive skills to investigate. "If you're right, I won't find anything," she said. "There's nothing personal in my investigation, Dr Wong. But if I find even one sentient ILF, I'll have to shut you down." "Please, call me Rob." His accent marked him as not Earth-born, but she couldn't place it. There were so many human colonies and colony worlds scattered around the Orion Arm she'd lost count. "Some people here have dedicated their lives to defeating this killer," he said. "They don't understand why PETAL is interfering. They'd like to see you fail." "Is that a threat?"
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