Comments on: VACCINE • by Timothy Miller http://www.everydayfiction.com/vaccine-by-timothy-miller/ The once a day flash fiction magazine. Sun, 14 Mar 2010 10:36:39 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: chris paige http://www.everydayfiction.com/vaccine-by-timothy-miller/comment-page-1/#comment-20690 chris paige Tue, 29 Dec 2009 19:50:17 +0000 http://www.everydayfiction.com/vaccine-by-timothy-miller/#comment-20690 I like the way her intuition motivates her to escape; intuition is an under-rated survival mechanism. As for the premise - I have actually followed the suppressed research on the social, psychological, and economic costs of lack of access to family planning. My sympathies are with the heroine because the procedure as presented is 1) sexist, 2) there's no indication of reversibility. As for the ethical matter of involuntary and uninformed, well, I might be a little more concerned about that if thousands of other species weren't extinct now because we haven't got the reproductive conscience that God gave to rats. I like the way her intuition motivates her to escape; intuition is an under-rated survival mechanism. As for the premise – I have actually followed the suppressed research on the social, psychological, and economic costs of lack of access to family planning. My sympathies are with the heroine because the procedure as presented is 1) sexist, 2) there’s no indication of reversibility. As for the ethical matter of involuntary and uninformed, well, I might be a little more concerned about that if thousands of other species weren’t extinct now because we haven’t got the reproductive conscience that God gave to rats.

]]> By: Steven D. http://www.everydayfiction.com/vaccine-by-timothy-miller/comment-page-1/#comment-19913 Steven D. Thu, 03 Dec 2009 01:50:40 +0000 http://www.everydayfiction.com/vaccine-by-timothy-miller/#comment-19913 Wouldn't it be great if we really could sterilize girls with one shot? I'd be totally behind that program. However, it's hard to imagine all the parents going along with it -- and it would be impossible to keep such a program a secret. Maybe it just needs a longer story to make it work. Wouldn’t it be great if we really could sterilize girls with one shot? I’d be totally behind that program.

However, it’s hard to imagine all the parents going along with it — and it would be impossible to keep such a program a secret. Maybe it just needs a longer story to make it work.

]]> By: Lisa C. http://www.everydayfiction.com/vaccine-by-timothy-miller/comment-page-1/#comment-19910 Lisa C. Thu, 03 Dec 2009 00:25:41 +0000 http://www.everydayfiction.com/vaccine-by-timothy-miller/#comment-19910 Creepy little story. Nice use of tension, good pacing except for the dialog, which is mostly "as you know, Bob," and could have been skipped. Creepy little story. Nice use of tension, good pacing except for the dialog, which is mostly “as you know, Bob,” and could have been skipped.

]]> By: Sharon E. http://www.everydayfiction.com/vaccine-by-timothy-miller/comment-page-1/#comment-19883 Sharon E. Wed, 02 Dec 2009 05:29:57 +0000 http://www.everydayfiction.com/vaccine-by-timothy-miller/#comment-19883 I'm not usually much of a science fiction reader, but I liked this story. It works as a complete story for flash fiction, but it also feels like it could be setting up a longer work. Not sure about the ending . . . I wonder if there would be a way to convey what the writing said without being so direct? The piece is timely, too, because of the H1N1 vaccine debate. Thumbs up. I’m not usually much of a science fiction reader, but I liked this story. It works as a complete story for flash fiction, but it also feels like it could be setting up a longer work. Not sure about the ending . . . I wonder if there would be a way to convey what the writing said without being so direct? The piece is timely, too, because of the H1N1 vaccine debate. Thumbs up.

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