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BSFA nominee: “Crystal Nights”
Today’s story: “Crystal Nights” by Greg Egan. read here , or listen here . Today’s opinion roundup starts with Karen Burnham : “Crystal Nights” covers enough ground for any ten short stories. Actions have consequences here too, but messing with the nature ...
BSFA/Hugo nominee: “Exhalation”
vectoreditors.wordpress.com — I’m going to be lazy with this one, and quote other people. In the pro camp ,... Alvaro Zinos-Amaro: And now for something quite extraordinary. If you’re looking for a single reason to purchase Eclipse Two then you may be out of luck, because ... (more) BSFA/Hugo nominee: “Exhalation”
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Torque Control Rounds Up Discussions Of BSFA Short Story Nominees
Big Dumb Object — Niall has been collating reactions to the BSFA short story nominees and also hosting a discussion in the comments over at Torque Control. Here’s what I thought and here’s the round-up at Torque Control: Little Lost Robot by Paul McAuley Evidence of Love in a Case of Abandonment: One Daughter’s Personal Account by M.Rickert Crystal Nights by Greg Egan Exhalation by Ted Chiang ...

Endings and Beginnings
Asking the Wrong Questions — So, the master plan for April is to start moving away from the recent all TV, all the time theme of this blog and return to your regularly scheduled book-blogging (though in the interim you might want to read these very interesting discussions of BSFA-nominated short fiction at Torque Control ), but this week was an interesting one in the TV annals, comprising an early death, a late death (though both, I would say, somewhat overdue) and a resurrection. Here are my thoughts.

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