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Comments for Picnic at Pentecost

The Magazine of Fantasy & Science FictionPicnic at Pentecost: 09/09/08

"Picnic at Pentecost" is the third story by Rand B. Lee this year. It's vastly different than "Litany" and "Bounty." Of these three, Litany remains my favorite with "Picnic" coming in second place.

"Picnic on Pentecost" is both horrific and off beat. Four human explorers decide to go site seeing on a planet with three suns and disaster strikes. The one remaining survivor, if she can be counted as a survivor recounts her experiences on the planet she's called Pentecost.

The story reminds me of Picnic at Hanging Rock by Joan Lindsay if it had been told from the perspective of the missing girls rather than from the teachers and students left behind. The protagonist's fate is also reminiscent of "Fullbrim's Finding" by Matthew Hughes.

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