Tuesday, December 16, 2008

Nagesh Upadhyaya's "Siege!" (short story, terrorism, free): Chillingly plausible near future weapons of urban warfare

Gripping story of a plot with a situation that is a much simpler version of Bombay terror attacks last month - terrorists holding hostages. It takes a rather kind view of India's ministers, contrary to evidence; but that's not the main point of the story. Highlight is the chillingly realistic fighting gadgets near end - very plausible without too far fetched technology.

Fact sheet.

First published: Indian Science Fiction & Fantasy (when? probably around the year 2000.)
Rating: A.
Download full text. [via manofsan at indiansciencefiction Yahoo group]
Related: Stories dealing with terrorism (caution: This page throws up some Bombay terror posts too. But there is fiction too - search for "Fact sheet" on linked page).

3 comments:

  1. KrishnanDecember 17, 2008 at 6:29 PM

    Wow that was a nice story. Thanks for sharing it Tinkoo.
    If only we had roboroaches .....

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  2. AnonymousDecember 17, 2008 at 7:18 PM

    Krishnan: Scary thing is - terrorists will also have them.

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  3. KrishnanDecember 18, 2008 at 10:53 AM

    ha ha that is true Tinkoo. Bad elements always try to be one step ahead of the "good ones".

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