Comments on Recurring Dreams by Charlie Sundt
- Wonderful command of suspense and tension throughout, despite moments of high confusion. I thought the TV references (ITC, C4) were clues to the ending, with the blue-overalled workers as pixels in a TV tube world maybe; but this was a red herring. I'm also unsure why the passage leading up to the crash is repeated just before the bomb goes off - is it a typographical error? The twist ending seems a little laboured. The overwhelming similarities to the premise of the film The Matrix are an unfortunate coincidence.
- Author's comment: I wrote this story based on a twist ending that a friend had suggested to me. It's a great action story, but I don't think the twist is as satisfying as it could be. I think my friend intended for the story to explore the implications of the twist ending further.
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