"Thinker's Lure" by Toianna Gump in @Cifiscape Vol. 1: The Twin Cities

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"Thinker's Lure" by Toianna Gump is the last of seven stories in Cifiscape Vol. 1: The Twin Cities.Having read all of these stories, I feel as if I've been privy to the seven seals of the Twin Cities' personal apocalypse. In the crazy, however, there is hope for humanity in each story - simply - because we survive and live continues, but also in that things change - some for the better. Yet, Gump's "Thinker's Lure" is another example of how we, Minnesotans - those of us who live in the Twin Cities - become complacent and allow tragedy to occur.

In Gump's "Thinker's Lure," the main character saw the impending doom that the Committee of Twelve's Uniformity Code would bring upon Minnesota and the rest of the country. See this doom, he begged his wife and son to travel to California to join the resistance with him. Alas, they wouldn't join him. Now, ten years later, he received a distressed call from his son, and he has - disguised - returned to the Twin Cites seeking his son.


What I liked about Gump's "Thinker's Lure" is that I can see the complacency and laziness that led to the Uniformity Code in people now. The U.S Census Bureau estimated Minnesota's population in 2009 to be  5,266,214, and less then half that number voted in the 2010 elections. Thus, a full half the Minnesota electorate is willing to allow someone else to do their thinking for them. It is no wonder that Gump's future comes to fruition.

All I have to say is think for yourself! be an individual! and Vote!

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Special Note: Yes, I have a story in Cifiscape Vol. 1: The Twin Cities - "What's For Dinner" - so I have a vested interest in the anthology selling. However, all the authors in the anthology are local Twin Cities' authors, and the stories are excellent, so I'm going to review them all over the next few days. Cheers!