Just the ones that are available online in English, which wasn’t many this year. Guys, it was a rough year. Novelettes “The Difference Between Love and Time”, by Catherynne M. Valente If you’ve been following me for any length of time, you know I love Cat Valente, so you won’t be surprised that this is my favorite of the year. Her prose is what poetry aspires to be. She somehow manages to only write exactly the words that make a scene spring fully into life, jettisoning every syllable of ballast that would weigh a thought or feeling down. She uses this enrapturing of your attention to show you—viscerally, intimately—what it is to be human. The fears and disappointments, the wrenching pain of love and struggle in this lonely meatsuit, and the beauty in connection and reconciliation that reminds you why you keep going through with it all regardless. She makes you want to cry and cheer at once in a laughing sob.
SF/F Review - 2023 Hugo Nominated Shorts
SF/F Review - 2023 Hugo Nominated Shorts
SF/F Review - 2023 Hugo Nominated Shorts
Just the ones that are available online in English, which wasn’t many this year. Guys, it was a rough year. Novelettes “The Difference Between Love and Time”, by Catherynne M. Valente If you’ve been following me for any length of time, you know I love Cat Valente, so you won’t be surprised that this is my favorite of the year. Her prose is what poetry aspires to be. She somehow manages to only write exactly the words that make a scene spring fully into life, jettisoning every syllable of ballast that would weigh a thought or feeling down. She uses this enrapturing of your attention to show you—viscerally, intimately—what it is to be human. The fears and disappointments, the wrenching pain of love and struggle in this lonely meatsuit, and the beauty in connection and reconciliation that reminds you why you keep going through with it all regardless. She makes you want to cry and cheer at once in a laughing sob.