Metallic Red by Riaz Moola

[mathbrush (Brian Rushton)]

Adding my review here:

Mathbrush's 2024 IFComp Review Thread

Metallic Red by Miaz Roola Being alone or in a small group in space is a classic story setup. Even before space people did it with ships, like Robinson Crusoe or Swiss Family Robinson. Movies like The Martian or Gravity, podcasts like Vast Horizon or Wolf 359 or Girl in Space, and IF games like Protocol or Seedship all deal with isolation in space. To me, that says that there’s something about the experience that satisfies some primal human urge for self-evaluation and discovery, like a spirit…