This Week: Posting from "The Girls From Alcyone II: Freelancer."
FUGITIVE: Snippet II
Continuing last week's snippet, Dr. Farrington, still onboard the speeding TGV (and on the lam), contemplates his fate, and his next course of action.
Farrington let out a long breath, turned toward the window of the small cabin; any distraction from his sulk was welcome enough. But there was little to see outside. It was well into the night now, and there was no moon. It mattered not. Bellatrix was not renown for its vistas, and New Shēnzhèn was hardly the garden-spot of this machine-planet. Flat, arid, the only landmarks of note were the squat scatterings of manufacturing centers that dotted the land outside; huge factory complexes, surrounded by squalid ghettos that had sprung up to house the migrant working population.
But then, he knew, people didn't come here for the sights, they came here to die.
And that suited Farrington just fine. No one would be searching for him here.
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That's what he thinks...
ReplyDeleteQuite the foreshadowing there at the end of the snippet...I'm assuming, anyway. Heh. :-)
ReplyDeleteWow, great set up. Ten sentences and you gave a really comprehensive sense of setting with some quality details. It gave me a strong grasp of the surroundings and some cool last lines
ReplyDeleteA machine-planet, a place to go to die. Nicely evocative and bleak, leaving questions that the reader is going to want to answer, particularly with the earlier phrase about him being close to his goal. I like it.
ReplyDeleteWow, indeed! Cool descriptions -- I pictured Bellatrix quite vividly. But I gotta agree with Misa, I don't think he'll be safe there. Just a gut feeling. ;P
ReplyDeleteLoved the last two lines and the same lines Peter pointed out. Fantastic details. I'm mentally scrambling to piece together what's going on. In that really good way that great reading makes you do.
ReplyDeleteDoesn't sound like a very pleasant place.
ReplyDeleteVery cool imagery. Sounds like an interesting place.
ReplyDeleteReminded me of Tampa! All Bellatrix needs is a retirement community with unlimited golfing.
ReplyDeleteSounds like it's also a great place to hide...
ReplyDeleteGreat snippet and especially like those last couple of lines. :)
ReplyDeleteHmm, think I'll give Bellatrix a miss! O.o
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