Review of Julian Langer’s ‘ Mesodma’
Mr. Langer’s Mesodma grabbed my attention and held it, over and over. I’ve read it four times, always picking up on certain details I had missed before. I don’t know anyone else who can create such a captivating, exciting and effective short-story.
Taking apparent inspiration from Camus’ Absurdism, Langer argues for will-to-be from the point of view of a first person speaker commenting on the life of an extinct creature. This echoes some of the tools in Daniel Quinn’s literary kit, but taken in Langer’s own, unique direction.
The work serves as a commentary on the life of individuals, and society as a whole in the current 6th mass extinction event.
For those not experienced in philosophy or green anarchy, this is still a great story that won’t bog you down.
This story is Revelation for the small creature, the end of its world — 250 million years ago. It is also a stark foretelling of our future — in the 21st century.
