Pantomime
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How It Begins
You are Raif, born and raised in Syracuse, but now you're here in 2044, outside the Kangaroo's Midnight Gentleman's Club on Phobos, carrying a red keycard. You cut into the waiting line to stand with your pal, a sentient vacuum cleaner called Mr Chmod. By "outside", you mean under the life bubble where there's wholesome oxygen, but no freaking sunlight. You oversleep a lot.
Because Phobos will break up into rubble within months, everyone in the colony is evacuating, and in honor of the occassion, the club has got a clone of president William Howard Taft to make a speech. Cloning has gone mainstream, and this is the social event of the year. You don't want to miss it.
Versions
Competition version
- Pantomime (Robb Sherwin; 31-Mar-2006; Hugo 3.1).
- Release 1.00 / Serial number 060331 / Hugo 3.1
- Beta-testing by Ben Parrish, Jonathan Blask, Dayna Rich, Johnny Rivera, Randy McLellan, Greg D'Avis and Drew Mochak.
- Spring Thing 2006: 3rd place of 4.
- XYZZY Awards 2006: Finalist for Best Writing and Best Story.
Links
General info
- Pantomime (archived) - at Baf's Guide.
- Pantomime - at IFDB.
- Pantomime - at ifwizz interactive fiction (in German).
Reviews
- Review by Mike Snyder.
- Review by Dan Shiovitz.
- Review by David Whyld for Reviews Exchange Issue 9.
- Pantomime - at IFReviews.org.