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Originally Posted by pdurrant
Sadly, not up to his father's standard. The form is just about there, but the details are a little lacking, and the main character is more in the dark than the reader.
The first thing that really made me aware that the research was not sufficient was our hero being in a furnished apartment in the US and needing to open a sealed envelope.
So, he decided to steam it open, and did so by use of an electric kettle.
I suppose it's just possible that a US apartment might have an electric kettle, but I don't see it happening myself. No-one in the US seems to know what a kettle is. Coffee makers, yes. Kettles, no.
Oh well, at least I can skip his other solo efforts.
Next up: Asimov's SF magazine for Mar/Apr 2017.
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Now Paul I am in the US and I know what a kettle is. I have several. None are electric but I know what they are. I even have my grandmothers kettle.