I was so excited last night when I sat down at Pizza Hut with my Kindle and noticed that the July issue of Asimov had downloaded to my reader. How Cool! The first novelette in the issue is "Day 29" by Chris Beckett.
I do not want to be a spoiler so I will not discuss the plot or give away the ending, but the premise he uses has got me thinking. If you were going to totally forget a portion of your life and would not have any one around you that you knew, what would you do. No one will ever know, and you will never remember either. Would you act like you normally do? Would you try out some dark fantasy you never would in "real" life? Would you commit some terrible atrocity that you normally would not be able to live with?
Interesting thought. I know we would all like to believe we would "do the right thing", but would we? The protagonist in the story has to face this very scenario, and he realizes that it is not as easy to be good when nobody, including yourself, will be none the wiser. Check out the novelette and let me know what you think.
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