Monday, June 22, 2020

Hugo Roundup: Best Novelette

Also a strong (and varied) category.

"The Archronology of Love" by Caroline M. Yoachim. A love story. Not a romance. Very bittersweet.
"Away With The Wolves" by Sarah Gailey. It's nice to see something reasonably original done with werewolves.
"The Blur In The Corner Of Your Eye" by Sarah Pinsker. Stories about writers don't often work. Pinsker pulls it off.
"Emergency Skin" by N.K. Jemisin. Taking on white supremacy in a very interesting way.
"For He Can Creep" by Siobhan Carroll. Cats. Need I say more?
"Omphalos" by Ted Chiang. What would it be like to live in a world which really was created X thousand years ago by God? And then find out you might not be the center of it. Highly philosophical.

My pick: The Archronology of Love. It's just beautiful and sticks with you.
My prediction: Most likely Emergency Skin, but another really strong category. Omphalos has some good hype too.

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