Some SF novelettes + short story
Mar. 9th, 2019 11:18 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
cahnahhhh it's Hugo nomination time and I haven't read anything that was published last year!
Well, okay, I binged a couple of days ago when I panicked, so here's what I've got. Thanks toforestofglory and isis who linked to pscoptera -- all the stories below come from those sources.
Recoveries, Susan Palwick, novelette. Hmm. It's about a female friendship that keeps going over several different kinds of dysfunction. I like Susan Palwick, and I'm always here for female friendship, although to be fair this one is a bit more dysfunctional than I usually like reading about. But I think I'm nominating this one.
If at first you don't succeed, try try again, Zen Cho, novelette, a very cute story about a dragon. Is "cute" good enough for nominating for the Hugo? I'm on the fence about this one.
What Is Eve?, Will McIntosh, novelette. I felt like this had interesting things to say about, well, middle school through a SF-nal lens. I felt the ending was a bit abrupt, but almost certainly nominating.
Thirty-Three Percent Joe, Suzanne Palmer, novelette. Sentient (and competent!) parts of a cybernetic soldier work together to try to keep him alive. Okay, this was obviously written with all of my likes in mind, so there was no way I wasn't going to like this one. I see this is the same author as "The Secret Life of Bots" last year, which also was written directly to my id. If you liked that one you'll like this one, and if you didn't like that one you probably won't think much of this one either. Nominating.
The Thing in the Wall Wants Your Small Change, Virgnia M Mohlere, short story, okay, this one was both super cute and appealed to my interests. I'm probably nominating this one.
On my list to read: the Murderbot novellas (I've read the first one) and Spinning Silver, although I sort of feel like they're bound to get on the ballot anyway, so I feel less pressure to read them. Also there is The Monster Baru Cormorant, which I guess I ought to read, and which I will probably enjoy and find devastating.
Looks like I have five days, more or less. What do I need to read (can I read) in the next five days?
Well, okay, I binged a couple of days ago when I panicked, so here's what I've got. Thanks to
forestofglory and isis who linked to pscoptera -- all the stories below come from those sources.Recoveries, Susan Palwick, novelette. Hmm. It's about a female friendship that keeps going over several different kinds of dysfunction. I like Susan Palwick, and I'm always here for female friendship, although to be fair this one is a bit more dysfunctional than I usually like reading about. But I think I'm nominating this one.
If at first you don't succeed, try try again, Zen Cho, novelette, a very cute story about a dragon. Is "cute" good enough for nominating for the Hugo? I'm on the fence about this one.
What Is Eve?, Will McIntosh, novelette. I felt like this had interesting things to say about, well, middle school through a SF-nal lens. I felt the ending was a bit abrupt, but almost certainly nominating.
Thirty-Three Percent Joe, Suzanne Palmer, novelette. Sentient (and competent!) parts of a cybernetic soldier work together to try to keep him alive. Okay, this was obviously written with all of my likes in mind, so there was no way I wasn't going to like this one. I see this is the same author as "The Secret Life of Bots" last year, which also was written directly to my id. If you liked that one you'll like this one, and if you didn't like that one you probably won't think much of this one either. Nominating.
The Thing in the Wall Wants Your Small Change, Virgnia M Mohlere, short story, okay, this one was both super cute and appealed to my interests. I'm probably nominating this one.
On my list to read: the Murderbot novellas (I've read the first one) and Spinning Silver, although I sort of feel like they're bound to get on the ballot anyway, so I feel less pressure to read them. Also there is The Monster Baru Cormorant, which I guess I ought to read, and which I will probably enjoy and find devastating.
Looks like I have five days, more or less. What do I need to read (can I read) in the next five days?
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Date: 2019-03-10 06:18 pm (UTC)I mean, I'd say so? High-quality cute deserves recognition too :)
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