
Vegvísir by David Goodman (audio)
Clarkesworld Magazine
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The Kobaashi Is a Good Unit, but It's Not a Kobeashi.
Guna christianson is a class two, third generation martian and officially fat. He's 219 kilometers out on a survey line on his own with only standard day rations,. nine hours of breathable and a drive train that's popped every shackle. The sound of a drive train going is unmistakable. You get stuck in a swirl, you can be in communicato for hours, sometimes days, especially if you have a busted drive train. It has a metallic tang like grow meat seared on an open grill at a year past celebration. Permits for an open flame were so rare when i was a child, that particular smell has stayed with me.
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