REVIEW: “The Cerebral Pitch Experiment” by MD Harrold

Review of MD Harrold, “The Cerebral Pitch Experiment” Radon Journal 9 (2025): 7-11. — Read online. Reviewed by Sara L. Uckelman.

This is the sort of SF yarn that doesn’t care very much about reality — it is built out of tropes and stereotypes (scientists go straight to grad school out of high school, don’t require any post-docs before getting jobs, always wear lab coats and work in labs) and pretty much from the start you have an idea of where it is going, what kind of story it is. But I use the word “yarn” precisely because it is that: Even though it is trope-y and full of stereotypes, it was a good fun read!