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2022 Hugo Award: Best Novelette
Apr. 8th, 2022 03:36 pmLet's move on to the novelettes! These are also, like the short stories, all available to read for free online.
1. Colors of the Immortal Palette - Caroline M Yoachim
Wow, this is really incredible. It isn't a story that I personally love, but I really respect and admire all the excellent things that it's doing so skillfullly.
2. That Story Isn't the Story - John Wiswell
I missed this story when it first came out, and....huh. It's real good at getting the reader into a mindset, at creating a mood and a feeling. I'm impressed.
3. Bots of the Lost Ark - Suzanne Palmer
I found it mildly interesting, but it didn't really move me.
4. Unseelie Brothers, Ltd - Fran Wilde
There are some very interesting elements, but I felt like the characters were all pretty flat, and I don't think I followed the thematic arc of what the story was trying to do.
5. O2 Arena - Oghenechovwe Donald Ekpeki
Again, some interesting elements, but doesn't come together well for me.
6. No Award
7. L'Esprit de L'Escalier - Catherynne M Valente
Ugh, retells the story of Orpheus and Eurydice as disaffected miserable modern young people in an unsuccessful marriage, and it's just not....not a version that I care to read about even a little bit.
1. Colors of the Immortal Palette - Caroline M Yoachim
Wow, this is really incredible. It isn't a story that I personally love, but I really respect and admire all the excellent things that it's doing so skillfullly.
2. That Story Isn't the Story - John Wiswell
I missed this story when it first came out, and....huh. It's real good at getting the reader into a mindset, at creating a mood and a feeling. I'm impressed.
3. Bots of the Lost Ark - Suzanne Palmer
I found it mildly interesting, but it didn't really move me.
4. Unseelie Brothers, Ltd - Fran Wilde
There are some very interesting elements, but I felt like the characters were all pretty flat, and I don't think I followed the thematic arc of what the story was trying to do.
5. O2 Arena - Oghenechovwe Donald Ekpeki
Again, some interesting elements, but doesn't come together well for me.
6. No Award
7. L'Esprit de L'Escalier - Catherynne M Valente
Ugh, retells the story of Orpheus and Eurydice as disaffected miserable modern young people in an unsuccessful marriage, and it's just not....not a version that I care to read about even a little bit.
