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Why Don’t We Just Kill the Kid in the Omelas Hole

Why Don't We Just Kill the Kid in the Omelas Hole by Isabel J. Kim

June 21, 2025 by jmsudar 4 Comments

I’m fudging a little bit: this isn’t a book, it’s a short story. It’s an absolutely outstanding short story  however. It’s based on a story by Ursula K. LeGuin and expands on it in ways that made me want to go and read the original. Were I not locked joyfully within the Dungeon Crawler Carl universe so completely that I plan to start a reread the moment I finish book 7, I would. As it is I’ll have to wait. Why Don’t We Just Kill the […]

Filed Under: Featured, Fiction Tagged With: Isabel J. Kim

jmsudar's CBR17 Review No:22 · Genres: Featured, Fiction · Tags: Isabel J. Kim ·
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