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The Axiom of Choice

March 7, 2012 by Ken

“The Axiom of Choice,” by David W. Goldman (New Haven Review, Winter 2011).

What a great way to end my Nebula reading.

I have a weakness for second-person narratives. (And I love adventure games).

This story begins as a literary version of a choose-you-own-adventure book, but soon turns into something else. I can’t tell you what. You have to go read it. Have to.

I stood on the train platform to finish this story just so I wouldn’t have to stop. It was that good.

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