Continuing the Wired Science Fiction Issue. The Great Dying is probably the darkest of the issue's stories. Basically about the end of the world due to climate change. The protagonist is a teenager, not yet 18, whose parents have paid for a service to commit suicide. They grew up in our time, when we could drive cars, eat meat, and other such extravagances. The earth is in its last acceleration to full-on climate change, and they just can't face it. The teens are understandably bitter, that the people who helped to bring this on aren't going to stick around for the hard part.
It's well written but a tough read if you think this is pretty close to the outcome we're going to have. I don't quite think it will be that bad, but there's certainly a pretty good possibility of it. 3 stars for effective sadness.
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