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Spec Fic Note
Feb. 3rd, 2011 03:47 pmIf you like good speculative fiction reading, might I point you to the excellent work ![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
rachel_swirsky is doing in order to be an informed Hugo Awards nominator? I am impressed by the sheer amount of reading it takes to be current in this subject, and am enjoying some of the recommended stories a lot. So far I've been particularly drawn to:
"FLYING IN THE FACE OF GOD by Nina Allen – Nina Allen's affecting story of alienation, a beautiful and intelligent examination of what it means to be left behind. The story is masterful; it's told from the perspective of a woman who is making a documentary about the biological reprogramming her best friend, Rachel, is undergoing so that she can embark on a no-return mission into space. The relationship between them grows strained as Rachel becomes increasingly less human."
It's lovely, and a bit lesbian and a lot interesting (and WAY passes its Bechdel test). And it's UK based, which seems somewhat rare in sci-fi--to have an identifiably and strongly culturally-located, unapologetically Not American cast
and
The Life Cycles of Software Objects, by Ted Chiang. More about that from io9 here.
Where these are available free on line (I had 'for free' there and then thought of my girlfriend snapping and killing me for crimes against English), she's linked to them, making this a great resource if you'd like to learn more and don't have the money/geographic ability to troop down and pick up hard copies of each. GO OVER AND CHECK OUT HER LATEST POSTS!
rachel_swirsky is doing in order to be an informed Hugo Awards nominator? I am impressed by the sheer amount of reading it takes to be current in this subject, and am enjoying some of the recommended stories a lot. So far I've been particularly drawn to:"FLYING IN THE FACE OF GOD by Nina Allen – Nina Allen's affecting story of alienation, a beautiful and intelligent examination of what it means to be left behind. The story is masterful; it's told from the perspective of a woman who is making a documentary about the biological reprogramming her best friend, Rachel, is undergoing so that she can embark on a no-return mission into space. The relationship between them grows strained as Rachel becomes increasingly less human."
It's lovely, and a bit lesbian and a lot interesting (and WAY passes its Bechdel test). And it's UK based, which seems somewhat rare in sci-fi--to have an identifiably and strongly culturally-located, unapologetically Not American cast
and
The Life Cycles of Software Objects, by Ted Chiang. More about that from io9 here.
Where these are available free on line (I had 'for free' there and then thought of my girlfriend snapping and killing me for crimes against English), she's linked to them, making this a great resource if you'd like to learn more and don't have the money/geographic ability to troop down and pick up hard copies of each. GO OVER AND CHECK OUT HER LATEST POSTS!
