Short Review: Connie Willis's Inside Job
April 6, 2007 (12:52 AM) ( link )

Connie Willis's Hugo-winning short story "Inside Job" is not too different from her other shorter works. Like Remake and Bellwether, it showcases some astonishing research, packaged with a love story in which an appealing but oblivious narrator manages to snag a sensible but outrageously gorgeous girl. Here, though, the formula finally works, due to a nifty plot twist that, even niftierly, is shown to be no twist at all. "Inside Job" isn't joining my list of all-time great science-fiction shorts, but it's delightful while it lasts.