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Tag: Catherynne Valente

  • Hugo Awards: My pick for the Best Novella

    What story to root for? I think in this category it comes down to a choice between “Silently and Very Fast” and “The Man Who Bridged the Mist.” Catherynne Valente’s story has continued to tug at my imagination, and so at last I acknowledge that “Silently and Very Fast” is my pick, with a respectful…

  • Hugo Awards: Best Novella (5th contender)

    Next we come to Catherynne Valente’s “Silently and Very Fast,” from Clarkesworld. You can read it here. This story is told from the point of view of an artificial intelligence, Elefsis — originally the name of the house for which the software was written as an operating system. Elefsis was created by a programmer, Cassian,…