The Last Voyage of Skidbladnir

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Unusual creature.

Unusual way of traveling in space.

Skidbladnir is the name of a ship, or, to be more precise, it is the name of the creature who lives in a building like a hermit crab and can move the building/ship through other dimensions. So, what happens to hermit crabs when they grow?

The story is told through the perspective of Saga, who is a low-level mechanic on Skidbladnir. Unfortunately, I didn't find her to be particularly engaging, which made the story not very engaging. That's not to say the story is not well-written and there is a sense of whimsy and melancholy that comes through the story.

You might like it if you like that kind of thing.

A free short sci-fi story from tor.com - available here.

So, now that I wrote this I better put it in a spoiler, as it explains the plot a bit...Set on a transdimentional spaceship - which is actually an apartment building occupied by a crab/alien, who powers the ship, called Skidbladnir! The ship ferries passengers from planet to planet (or dimension to dimension?), is run by the captain, a bird-like steward, and engineer and a janitor. Saga is the janitor, who spends her time fixing things which go awry on the ship/building.However Skidbladnir is growing too big for the building, and the captain wants to sell her on for meat. The engineer knows that Skidbladnir can take on a new shell, so he and Saga conspire to facilitate this while the captain ans steward are trying to make the sale.

I found the story well written and engaging. Nicely descriptive and quirky with the Andromeda episode outlines interspersed within. A little predictable I guess, but an amusing read.

4 stars.