User:DoctorWho42/Source Decay

"Source Decay" is a science fiction short story by Charlie Jane Anders. It was first published in the online magazine Strange Horizons January 3, 2011.

Reception
Locus Online ' s Lois Tilton was critical of the short story stating "The premise has been done before, and the humor is labored."

Tangent Online ' s Rena Hawkins reviewed it with "I ' get ' the idea contained within the story; that even a mundane reality TV episode can be so blown out of proportion by the media and obsessed viewers that it takes on meaning and significance it never possessed to begin with. Unfortunately, Source Decay kicks this idea to death by the time the story ends."