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Hugo Nominees: Novelettes
Jul. 5th, 2020 05:32 pmAll spoilers, all the time.
( Siobhan Carroll, 'For He Can Creep' )
Carroll's writing is new to me. Would read this author again, on purpose, of my own free will.
( Ted Chiang, 'Omphalos' )
( Sarah Gailey, 'Away With the Wolves' )
( N. K. Jemisin, 'Emergency Skin' )
( Sarah Pinsker, 'The Blur in the Corner of Your Eye' )
( Caroline M. Yoachim, 'The Archronology of Love' )
In this category, there's three authors who I think demonstrate mastery over their prose, and three who aren't there yet. Chiang, Carroll, and Jemisin know how to structure a sentence. Gailey, Pinsker, and Yoachim seem to be still figuring out the difference between putting words in a row versus crafting a sentence for maximum impact.
Rankings: Chiang or Carroll, Jemisin, big gap, Pinsker-Yoachim-Gailey in a heap of Meh.
( Siobhan Carroll, 'For He Can Creep' )
Carroll's writing is new to me. Would read this author again, on purpose, of my own free will.
( Ted Chiang, 'Omphalos' )
( Sarah Gailey, 'Away With the Wolves' )
( N. K. Jemisin, 'Emergency Skin' )
( Sarah Pinsker, 'The Blur in the Corner of Your Eye' )
( Caroline M. Yoachim, 'The Archronology of Love' )
In this category, there's three authors who I think demonstrate mastery over their prose, and three who aren't there yet. Chiang, Carroll, and Jemisin know how to structure a sentence. Gailey, Pinsker, and Yoachim seem to be still figuring out the difference between putting words in a row versus crafting a sentence for maximum impact.
Rankings: Chiang or Carroll, Jemisin, big gap, Pinsker-Yoachim-Gailey in a heap of Meh.