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ninj's review
3.0
This review is for the Hugo and Nebula nominated short story “A Catalog of Storms” by Fran Wilde.
The battle between people and storms: leaves a lot unsaid but that does add to the intrigue.
The battle between people and storms: leaves a lot unsaid but that does add to the intrigue.
titusfortner's review
3.0
I only read Fran Wilde's A Way With Storms. I enjoyed her novel that is nominated for Lodestar this year more than this story. Just wasn't my thing.
mollyfischfriedman's review
4.0
This was a really creative story, in the concept, the construction, and the way it was written. I enjoyed the relationship between people, weather, and emotions, and the actual catalogs of storms were clever.
ishouldreadthat's review
3.0
Read for the 2020 Hugos. I don't think this one quite clicked with me in the way the other stories did. A lovely and fantastical tale, but didn't hit me in the expected way.
bookaneer's review
2.0
Ratings and super short reviews for two stories
1) Dustdaughter by Inda Lauryn. Snoozefest.
This kind of story is just not for me.
2) A Catalog of Storms by Fran Wilde. Another Nebula short story nominee that I found bland. Then again, I never clicked with the author's work. *shrugs
1) Dustdaughter by Inda Lauryn. Snoozefest.
This kind of story is just not for me.
2) A Catalog of Storms by Fran Wilde. Another Nebula short story nominee that I found bland. Then again, I never clicked with the author's work. *shrugs
nataliya_x's review
2.0
This review is for the Hugo and Nebula nominated short story “A Catalog of Storms” by Fran Wilde.
This one needs a few more pages of development and explanation to be truly effective. In this form, it feels woefully incomplete and more of a teaser than a story. The writing is good, the imagery is wonderfully poetic, but the reasoning and logic and development and emotional weight all leave a lot to be desired. It’s just hard to connect with this story, and that’s unfortunate.
2.5 stars.
Read it here: https://uncannymagazine.com/article/a-catalog-of-storms/
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My Hugo and Nebula Awards Reading Project 2020: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/3295830569
“They used to be people. They’re weathermen now.”Once upon the time the sky used to be blue. Now it’s an enemy, with magical storms threatening people. But people are scrappy, and found the way to fight back. There are weathermen now - those who can name the storms and yell them away and thus make them disperse. But it’s perilous, and eventually those who fight the storms are lost to them, themselves becoming wind and rain and lightning.
“Weathermen can’t help it, they have to name the storms they think of, and soon they’re warning about the weather for all of us, and eventually they fight it too.”Lillit becomes a weatherman, and her younger sisters and her mother need to come to terms with losing her. The little sister Sila feels the same urgency as Lillit to join the storm fighters, while her mother is afraid of losing yet another daughter.
“When I sneak up to the Cliffwatch to show my sister, she’s got rain for hair and wind in her eyes, but she hugs me and laughs at my list and says to keep trying.“The premise above is awesome. There’s so much that can be done here. But the problem with the short stories is that they have a very limited space to develop a great idea, and sometimes they succeed in making an unforgettable vignette — and sometimes they need a lot more pages.
This one needs a few more pages of development and explanation to be truly effective. In this form, it feels woefully incomplete and more of a teaser than a story. The writing is good, the imagery is wonderfully poetic, but the reasoning and logic and development and emotional weight all leave a lot to be desired. It’s just hard to connect with this story, and that’s unfortunate.
2.5 stars.
Read it here: https://uncannymagazine.com/article/a-catalog-of-storms/
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My Hugo and Nebula Awards Reading Project 2020: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/3295830569
villyidol's review
3.0
***A Catalog of Storms by Fran Wilde***
A fantasy-take on climate change.
When a blue sky is just a remembrance of our past, people are turning into weathermen to fight back the storms. But there's a sacrifice to make. Our adversary is strong. And mothers are crying for their daughters, as they try to save us all.
Very nice idea. But I think the message is a lot stronger than the actual story.
2.5 stars
A Nebula 2019 and Hugo 2020 nominee for Best Short Story.
You can read it for free here: https://uncannymagazine.com/article/a-catalog-of-storms/
Or listen to the Uncanny Magazine Podcast #26A. The story starts at minute 6 and runs for roughly 28 minutes.
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Best Novel
• [b: Marque of Caine|42201629|Marque of Caine (Tales of the Terran Republic, #5)|Charles E. Gannon|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1547943199l/42201629._SY75_.jpg|65814152] by Charles E. Gannon
• [b: The Ten Thousand Doors of January|43521657|The Ten Thousand Doors of January|Alix E. Harrow|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1548174710l/43521657._SY75_.jpg|63516505] by Alix E. Harrow
• A Memory Called Empire by Arkady Martine
• [b: Gods of Jade and Shadow|36510722|Gods of Jade and Shadow|Silvia Moreno-Garcia|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1543268579l/36510722._SY75_.jpg|58230232] by Silvia Moreno-Garcia
• [b: Gideon the Ninth|42036538|Gideon the Ninth (The Locked Tomb, #1)|Tamsyn Muir|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1546870952l/42036538._SY75_.jpg|60943229] by Tamsyn Muir
• A Song for a New Day by Sarah Pinsker
Best Novella
• Anxiety Is the Dizziness of Freedom by Ted Chiang ([b: Exhalation|41160292|Exhalation Stories|Ted Chiang|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1534388394l/41160292._SX50_.jpg|64336454])
• The Haunting of Tram Car 015 by P. Djèlí Clark
• [b: This Is How You Lose the Time War|43352954|This Is How You Lose the Time War|Amal El-Mohtar|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1545755487l/43352954._SX50_.jpg|58237743] by Amal El-Mohtar & Max Gladstone
• [b: Her Silhouette, Drawn in Water|40939044|Her Silhouette, Drawn in Water|Vylar Kaftan|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1548256640l/40939044._SY75_.jpg|63832458] by Vylar Kaftan
• [b: The Deep|42201962|The Deep|Rivers Solomon|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1549411869l/42201962._SY75_.jpg|64281827] by Rivers Solomon, with Daveed Diggs, William Hutson & Jonathan Snipes
• [b: Catfish Lullaby|45454304|Catfish Lullaby|A.C. Wise|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1557003095l/45454304._SX50_.jpg|70223668] by A.C. Wise
Best Novelette
• A Strange Uncertain Light by G.V. Anderson ([b: The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, July/August 2019|51205594|The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, July/August 2019 (F&SF, #744)|C.C. Finlay|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1561674223l/51205594._SX50_SY75_.jpg|71657053])
• For He Can Creep by Siobhan Carroll
• [b: His Footsteps, Through Darkness and Light|43565763|His Footsteps, Through Darkness and Light|Mimi Mondal|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1548761606l/43565763._SY75_.jpg|67781447] by Mimi Mondal
• The Blur in the Corner of Your Eye by Sarah Pinsker ([b: Uncanny Magazine Issue 29: July/August 2019|52228003|Uncanny Magazine Issue 29 July/August 2019|Lynne M. Thomas|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1562183674l/52228003._SX50_SY75_.jpg|71772498])
• [b: Carpe Glitter|52579998|Carpe Glitter|Cat Rambo|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1570634877l/52579998._SX50_SY75_.jpg|73519447] by Cat Rambo
• The Archronology of Love by Caroline M. Yoachim (Lightspeed Magazine, April 2019)
Best Short Story
• Give the Family My Love by A.T. Greenblatt (Clarkesworld Magazine, Issue 149, February 2019)
• The Dead, In Their Uncontrollable Power by Karen Osborne (Uncanny Magazine Issue 27: March/April 2019)
• And Now His Lordship Is Laughing by Shiv Ramdas (Strange Horizons 9 September 2019)
• Ten Excerpts from an Annotated Bibliography on the Cannibal Women of Ratnabar Island by Nibedita Sen (Nightmare Magazine, Issue 80)
• A Catalog of Storms by Fran Wilde (Uncanny Magazine, Issue 26, January-February 2019)
• How the Trick Is Done by A.C. Wise (Uncanny Magazine Issue 29: July/August 2019)
Andre Norton Nebula Award for Middle Grade and Young Adult Fiction
• [b: Sal and Gabi Break the Universe|36595887|Sal and Gabi Break the Universe (Sal and Gabi, #1)|Carlos Hernandez|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1536087897l/36595887._SY75_.jpg|58346652] by Carlos Hernandez
• [b: Catfishing on CatNet|41556068|Catfishing on CatNet (CatNet #1)|Naomi Kritzer|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1568119890l/41556068._SY75_.jpg|64836558] by Naomi Kritzer
• [b: Dragon Pearl|34966859|Dragon Pearl|Yoon Ha Lee|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1517413544l/34966859._SX50_.jpg|56241840] by Yoon Ha Lee
• [b: Peasprout Chen: Battle of Champions|36320150|Peasprout Chen Battle of Champions|Henry Lien|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1547747935l/36320150._SX50_.jpg|57994958] by Henry Lien
• [b: Cog|43453676|Cog|Greg Van Eekhout|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1562027659l/43453676._SY75_.jpg|64712441] by Greg van Eekhout
• [b: Riverland|41070150|Riverland|Fran Wilde|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1533879692l/41070150._SY75_.jpg|64154930] by Fran Wilde
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Best Novel
• [b: The City in the Middle of the Night|37534907|The City in the Middle of the Night|Charlie Jane Anders|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1532447389l/37534907._SY75_.jpg|64654648] by Charlie Jane Anders
• [b: Gideon the Ninth|42036538|Gideon the Ninth (The Locked Tomb, #1)|Tamsyn Muir|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1546870952l/42036538._SY75_.jpg|60943229] by Tamsyn Muir
• The Light Brigade by Kameron Hurley
• A Memory Called Empire by Arkady Martine
• [b: Middlegame|35965482|Middlegame (Middlegame, #1)|Seanan McGuire|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1537297437l/35965482._SX50_.jpg|57524946] by Seanan McGuire
• [b: The Ten Thousand Doors of January|43521657|The Ten Thousand Doors of January|Alix E. Harrow|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1548174710l/43521657._SY75_.jpg|63516505] by Alix E. Harrow
Best Novella
• Anxiety Is the Dizziness of Freedom by Ted Chiang ([b: Exhalation|41160292|Exhalation Stories|Ted Chiang|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1534388394l/41160292._SX50_.jpg|64336454])
• [b: The Deep|42201962|The Deep|Rivers Solomon|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1549411869l/42201962._SY75_.jpg|64281827] by Rivers Solomon, with Daveed Diggs, William Hutson & Jonathan Snipes
• The Haunting of Tram Car 015 by P. Djèlí Clark
• [b: In an Absent Dream|38244358|In an Absent Dream (Wayward Children, #4)|Seanan McGuire|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1525436165l/38244358._SY75_.jpg|59926216] by Seanan McGuire
• [b: This Is How You Lose the Time War|43352954|This Is How You Lose the Time War|Amal El-Mohtar|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1545755487l/43352954._SX50_.jpg|58237743] by Amal El-Mohtar & Max Gladstone
• To Be Taught, If Fortunate by Becky Chambers
Best Novelette
• The Archronology of Love by Caroline M. Yoachim (Lightspeed Magazine, April 2019)
• Away With the Wolves by Sarah Gailey ([b: Uncanny Magazine Issue 30: Disabled People Destroy Fanatsy! Special Issue|49245882|Uncanny Magazine Issue 30 Disabled People Destroy Fantasy! Special Issue|Lynne M. Thomas|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1566875115l/49245882._SX50_SY75_.jpg|73105010])
• The Blur in the Corner of Your Eye by Sarah Pinsker ([b: Uncanny Magazine Issue 29: July/August 2019|52228003|Uncanny Magazine Issue 29 July/August 2019|Lynne M. Thomas|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1562183674l/52228003._SX50_SY75_.jpg|71772498])
• Emergency Skin by N.K. Jemisin
• For He Can Creep by Siobhan Carroll
• [b: Omphalos|41160292|Exhalation Stories|Ted Chiang|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1534388394l/41160292._SX50_.jpg|64336454] by Ted Chiang
Best Short Story
• And Now His Lordship Is Laughing by Shiv Ramdas (Strange Horizons 9 September 2019)
• As the Last I May Know by S.L. Huang
• Blood Is Another Word for Hunger by Rivers Solomon
• A Catalog of Storms by Fran Wilde (Uncanny Magazine, Issue 26, January-February 2019)
• Do Not Look Back, My Lion by Alix E. Harrow (Beneath Ceaseless Skies Issue #270)
• Ten Excerpts from an Annotated Bibliography on the Cannibal Women of Ratnabar Island by Nibedita Sen (Nightmare Magazine, Issue 80)
Best Series
• The Expanse by [a: James S. A. Corey|4192148|James S.A. Corey|https://images.gr-assets.com/authors/1573162332p2/4192148.jpg]
• InCryptid by [a: Seanan McGuire|2860219|Seanan McGuire|https://images.gr-assets.com/authors/1245623198p2/2860219.jpg]
• Luna by [a: Ian McDonald|25376|Ian McDonald|https://images.gr-assets.com/authors/1372533252p2/25376.jpg]
• Planetfall series by [a: Emma Newman|3329042|Emma Newman|https://images.gr-assets.com/authors/1425124402p2/3329042.jpg]
• Winternight Trilogy by [a: Katherine Arden|13922215|Katherine Arden|https://images.gr-assets.com/authors/1510754830p2/13922215.jpg]
• The Wormwood Trilogy by [a: Tade Thompson|5782077|Tade Thompson|https://images.gr-assets.com/authors/1593796763p2/5782077.jpg]
Best Related Work
• [b: Becoming Superman: My Journey from Poverty to Hollywood|40651648|Becoming Superman My Journey from Poverty to Hollywood|J. Michael Straczynski|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1552089537l/40651648._SY75_.jpg|63175235] by J. Michael Straczynski
• [b: Joanna Russ|44803864|Joanna Russ|Gwyneth Jones|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1556682415l/44803864._SY75_.jpg|69488169] by Gwyneth Jones
• [b: The Lady from the Black Lagoon: Hollywood Monsters and the Lost Legacy of Milicent Patrick|40165912|The Lady from the Black Lagoon Hollywood Monsters and the Lost Legacy of Milicent Patrick|Mallory O'Meara|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1539883807l/40165912._SY75_.jpg|56266883] by Mallory O’Meara
• [b: The Pleasant Profession of Robert A. Heinlein|42632383|The Pleasant Profession of Robert A. Heinlein|Farah Mendlesohn|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1541399334l/42632383._SY75_.jpg|66365024] by Farah Mendlesohn
• 2019 John W. Campbell Award Acceptance Speech by Jeannette Ng
• Worlds of Ursula K. Le Guin, produced and directed by Arwen Curry
Best Graphic Story or Comic
• [b: Die, Volume 1: Fantasy Heartbreaker|48729961|SDCC DIE Volume 1 Fantasy Heartbreaker|Kieron Gillen|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1573174207l/48729961._SY75_.jpg|65274583] by Kieron Gillen and Stephanie Hans, letters by Clayton Cowles
• [b: LaGuardia|42762071|LaGuardia|Nnedi Okorafor|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1542046220l/42762071._SY75_.jpg|66506690], written by Nnedi Okorafor, art by Tana Ford, colours by James Devlin
• [b: Monstress, Volume 4: The Chosen|45899240|Monstress, Vol. 4 The Chosen|Marjorie M. Liu|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1559570414l/45899240._SX50_.jpg|70742623], written by Marjorie Liu, art by Sana Takeda
• [b: Mooncakes|44774415|Mooncakes|Suzanne Walker|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1565183719l/44774415._SY75_.jpg|57982519] by Wendy Xu and Suzanne Walker, letters by Joamette Gil
• Paper Girls, Volume 6, written by Brian K. Vaughan, drawn by Cliff Chiang, colours by Matt Wilson, letters by Jared K. Fletcher
• [b: The Wicked + The Divine, Volume 9: "Okay"|46223693|The Wicked + The Divine, Vol. 9 "Okay"|Kieron Gillen|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1560094188l/46223693._SY75_.jpg|66594104] by Kieron Gillen and Jamie McKelvie, colours by Matt Wilson, letters by Clayton Cowles
A fantasy-take on climate change.
When a blue sky is just a remembrance of our past, people are turning into weathermen to fight back the storms. But there's a sacrifice to make. Our adversary is strong. And mothers are crying for their daughters, as they try to save us all.
Very nice idea. But I think the message is a lot stronger than the actual story.
2.5 stars
A Nebula 2019 and Hugo 2020 nominee for Best Short Story.
You can read it for free here: https://uncannymagazine.com/article/a-catalog-of-storms/
Or listen to the Uncanny Magazine Podcast #26A. The story starts at minute 6 and runs for roughly 28 minutes.
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2019 Nebula Award Finalists
Best Novel
• [b: Marque of Caine|42201629|Marque of Caine (Tales of the Terran Republic, #5)|Charles E. Gannon|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1547943199l/42201629._SY75_.jpg|65814152] by Charles E. Gannon
• [b: The Ten Thousand Doors of January|43521657|The Ten Thousand Doors of January|Alix E. Harrow|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1548174710l/43521657._SY75_.jpg|63516505] by Alix E. Harrow
• A Memory Called Empire by Arkady Martine
• [b: Gods of Jade and Shadow|36510722|Gods of Jade and Shadow|Silvia Moreno-Garcia|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1543268579l/36510722._SY75_.jpg|58230232] by Silvia Moreno-Garcia
• [b: Gideon the Ninth|42036538|Gideon the Ninth (The Locked Tomb, #1)|Tamsyn Muir|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1546870952l/42036538._SY75_.jpg|60943229] by Tamsyn Muir
• A Song for a New Day by Sarah Pinsker
Best Novella
• Anxiety Is the Dizziness of Freedom by Ted Chiang ([b: Exhalation|41160292|Exhalation Stories|Ted Chiang|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1534388394l/41160292._SX50_.jpg|64336454])
• The Haunting of Tram Car 015 by P. Djèlí Clark
• [b: This Is How You Lose the Time War|43352954|This Is How You Lose the Time War|Amal El-Mohtar|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1545755487l/43352954._SX50_.jpg|58237743] by Amal El-Mohtar & Max Gladstone
• [b: Her Silhouette, Drawn in Water|40939044|Her Silhouette, Drawn in Water|Vylar Kaftan|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1548256640l/40939044._SY75_.jpg|63832458] by Vylar Kaftan
• [b: The Deep|42201962|The Deep|Rivers Solomon|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1549411869l/42201962._SY75_.jpg|64281827] by Rivers Solomon, with Daveed Diggs, William Hutson & Jonathan Snipes
• [b: Catfish Lullaby|45454304|Catfish Lullaby|A.C. Wise|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1557003095l/45454304._SX50_.jpg|70223668] by A.C. Wise
Best Novelette
• A Strange Uncertain Light by G.V. Anderson ([b: The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, July/August 2019|51205594|The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, July/August 2019 (F&SF, #744)|C.C. Finlay|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1561674223l/51205594._SX50_SY75_.jpg|71657053])
• For He Can Creep by Siobhan Carroll
• [b: His Footsteps, Through Darkness and Light|43565763|His Footsteps, Through Darkness and Light|Mimi Mondal|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1548761606l/43565763._SY75_.jpg|67781447] by Mimi Mondal
• The Blur in the Corner of Your Eye by Sarah Pinsker ([b: Uncanny Magazine Issue 29: July/August 2019|52228003|Uncanny Magazine Issue 29 July/August 2019|Lynne M. Thomas|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1562183674l/52228003._SX50_SY75_.jpg|71772498])
• [b: Carpe Glitter|52579998|Carpe Glitter|Cat Rambo|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1570634877l/52579998._SX50_SY75_.jpg|73519447] by Cat Rambo
• The Archronology of Love by Caroline M. Yoachim (Lightspeed Magazine, April 2019)
Best Short Story
• Give the Family My Love by A.T. Greenblatt (Clarkesworld Magazine, Issue 149, February 2019)
• The Dead, In Their Uncontrollable Power by Karen Osborne (Uncanny Magazine Issue 27: March/April 2019)
• And Now His Lordship Is Laughing by Shiv Ramdas (Strange Horizons 9 September 2019)
• Ten Excerpts from an Annotated Bibliography on the Cannibal Women of Ratnabar Island by Nibedita Sen (Nightmare Magazine, Issue 80)
• A Catalog of Storms by Fran Wilde (Uncanny Magazine, Issue 26, January-February 2019)
• How the Trick Is Done by A.C. Wise (Uncanny Magazine Issue 29: July/August 2019)
Andre Norton Nebula Award for Middle Grade and Young Adult Fiction
• [b: Sal and Gabi Break the Universe|36595887|Sal and Gabi Break the Universe (Sal and Gabi, #1)|Carlos Hernandez|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1536087897l/36595887._SY75_.jpg|58346652] by Carlos Hernandez
• [b: Catfishing on CatNet|41556068|Catfishing on CatNet (CatNet #1)|Naomi Kritzer|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1568119890l/41556068._SY75_.jpg|64836558] by Naomi Kritzer
• [b: Dragon Pearl|34966859|Dragon Pearl|Yoon Ha Lee|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1517413544l/34966859._SX50_.jpg|56241840] by Yoon Ha Lee
• [b: Peasprout Chen: Battle of Champions|36320150|Peasprout Chen Battle of Champions|Henry Lien|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1547747935l/36320150._SX50_.jpg|57994958] by Henry Lien
• [b: Cog|43453676|Cog|Greg Van Eekhout|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1562027659l/43453676._SY75_.jpg|64712441] by Greg van Eekhout
• [b: Riverland|41070150|Riverland|Fran Wilde|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1533879692l/41070150._SY75_.jpg|64154930] by Fran Wilde
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2020 Hugo Award Finalists
Best Novel
• [b: The City in the Middle of the Night|37534907|The City in the Middle of the Night|Charlie Jane Anders|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1532447389l/37534907._SY75_.jpg|64654648] by Charlie Jane Anders
• [b: Gideon the Ninth|42036538|Gideon the Ninth (The Locked Tomb, #1)|Tamsyn Muir|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1546870952l/42036538._SY75_.jpg|60943229] by Tamsyn Muir
• The Light Brigade by Kameron Hurley
• A Memory Called Empire by Arkady Martine
• [b: Middlegame|35965482|Middlegame (Middlegame, #1)|Seanan McGuire|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1537297437l/35965482._SX50_.jpg|57524946] by Seanan McGuire
• [b: The Ten Thousand Doors of January|43521657|The Ten Thousand Doors of January|Alix E. Harrow|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1548174710l/43521657._SY75_.jpg|63516505] by Alix E. Harrow
Best Novella
• Anxiety Is the Dizziness of Freedom by Ted Chiang ([b: Exhalation|41160292|Exhalation Stories|Ted Chiang|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1534388394l/41160292._SX50_.jpg|64336454])
• [b: The Deep|42201962|The Deep|Rivers Solomon|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1549411869l/42201962._SY75_.jpg|64281827] by Rivers Solomon, with Daveed Diggs, William Hutson & Jonathan Snipes
• The Haunting of Tram Car 015 by P. Djèlí Clark
• [b: In an Absent Dream|38244358|In an Absent Dream (Wayward Children, #4)|Seanan McGuire|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1525436165l/38244358._SY75_.jpg|59926216] by Seanan McGuire
• [b: This Is How You Lose the Time War|43352954|This Is How You Lose the Time War|Amal El-Mohtar|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1545755487l/43352954._SX50_.jpg|58237743] by Amal El-Mohtar & Max Gladstone
• To Be Taught, If Fortunate by Becky Chambers
Best Novelette
• The Archronology of Love by Caroline M. Yoachim (Lightspeed Magazine, April 2019)
• Away With the Wolves by Sarah Gailey ([b: Uncanny Magazine Issue 30: Disabled People Destroy Fanatsy! Special Issue|49245882|Uncanny Magazine Issue 30 Disabled People Destroy Fantasy! Special Issue|Lynne M. Thomas|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1566875115l/49245882._SX50_SY75_.jpg|73105010])
• The Blur in the Corner of Your Eye by Sarah Pinsker ([b: Uncanny Magazine Issue 29: July/August 2019|52228003|Uncanny Magazine Issue 29 July/August 2019|Lynne M. Thomas|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1562183674l/52228003._SX50_SY75_.jpg|71772498])
• Emergency Skin by N.K. Jemisin
• For He Can Creep by Siobhan Carroll
• [b: Omphalos|41160292|Exhalation Stories|Ted Chiang|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1534388394l/41160292._SX50_.jpg|64336454] by Ted Chiang
Best Short Story
• And Now His Lordship Is Laughing by Shiv Ramdas (Strange Horizons 9 September 2019)
• As the Last I May Know by S.L. Huang
• Blood Is Another Word for Hunger by Rivers Solomon
• A Catalog of Storms by Fran Wilde (Uncanny Magazine, Issue 26, January-February 2019)
• Do Not Look Back, My Lion by Alix E. Harrow (Beneath Ceaseless Skies Issue #270)
• Ten Excerpts from an Annotated Bibliography on the Cannibal Women of Ratnabar Island by Nibedita Sen (Nightmare Magazine, Issue 80)
Best Series
• The Expanse by [a: James S. A. Corey|4192148|James S.A. Corey|https://images.gr-assets.com/authors/1573162332p2/4192148.jpg]
• InCryptid by [a: Seanan McGuire|2860219|Seanan McGuire|https://images.gr-assets.com/authors/1245623198p2/2860219.jpg]
• Luna by [a: Ian McDonald|25376|Ian McDonald|https://images.gr-assets.com/authors/1372533252p2/25376.jpg]
• Planetfall series by [a: Emma Newman|3329042|Emma Newman|https://images.gr-assets.com/authors/1425124402p2/3329042.jpg]
• Winternight Trilogy by [a: Katherine Arden|13922215|Katherine Arden|https://images.gr-assets.com/authors/1510754830p2/13922215.jpg]
• The Wormwood Trilogy by [a: Tade Thompson|5782077|Tade Thompson|https://images.gr-assets.com/authors/1593796763p2/5782077.jpg]
Best Related Work
• [b: Becoming Superman: My Journey from Poverty to Hollywood|40651648|Becoming Superman My Journey from Poverty to Hollywood|J. Michael Straczynski|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1552089537l/40651648._SY75_.jpg|63175235] by J. Michael Straczynski
• [b: Joanna Russ|44803864|Joanna Russ|Gwyneth Jones|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1556682415l/44803864._SY75_.jpg|69488169] by Gwyneth Jones
• [b: The Lady from the Black Lagoon: Hollywood Monsters and the Lost Legacy of Milicent Patrick|40165912|The Lady from the Black Lagoon Hollywood Monsters and the Lost Legacy of Milicent Patrick|Mallory O'Meara|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1539883807l/40165912._SY75_.jpg|56266883] by Mallory O’Meara
• [b: The Pleasant Profession of Robert A. Heinlein|42632383|The Pleasant Profession of Robert A. Heinlein|Farah Mendlesohn|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1541399334l/42632383._SY75_.jpg|66365024] by Farah Mendlesohn
• 2019 John W. Campbell Award Acceptance Speech by Jeannette Ng
• Worlds of Ursula K. Le Guin, produced and directed by Arwen Curry
Best Graphic Story or Comic
• [b: Die, Volume 1: Fantasy Heartbreaker|48729961|SDCC DIE Volume 1 Fantasy Heartbreaker|Kieron Gillen|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1573174207l/48729961._SY75_.jpg|65274583] by Kieron Gillen and Stephanie Hans, letters by Clayton Cowles
• [b: LaGuardia|42762071|LaGuardia|Nnedi Okorafor|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1542046220l/42762071._SY75_.jpg|66506690], written by Nnedi Okorafor, art by Tana Ford, colours by James Devlin
• [b: Monstress, Volume 4: The Chosen|45899240|Monstress, Vol. 4 The Chosen|Marjorie M. Liu|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1559570414l/45899240._SX50_.jpg|70742623], written by Marjorie Liu, art by Sana Takeda
• [b: Mooncakes|44774415|Mooncakes|Suzanne Walker|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1565183719l/44774415._SY75_.jpg|57982519] by Wendy Xu and Suzanne Walker, letters by Joamette Gil
• Paper Girls, Volume 6, written by Brian K. Vaughan, drawn by Cliff Chiang, colours by Matt Wilson, letters by Jared K. Fletcher
• [b: The Wicked + The Divine, Volume 9: "Okay"|46223693|The Wicked + The Divine, Vol. 9 "Okay"|Kieron Gillen|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1560094188l/46223693._SY75_.jpg|66594104] by Kieron Gillen and Jamie McKelvie, colours by Matt Wilson, letters by Clayton Cowles
kaz1411's review
4.0
A short story that felt like a whole book. It was fantastical.
Best one I´ve read so far.
Best one I´ve read so far.
kristamccracken's review
5.0
Favorite pieces from this issue:
Fiction:
-"A Catalog of Storms" by Fran Wilde
-"Poems Written While" by Natalia Theodoridou
-"The Thing, With Feathers" by Marissa Lingen
Poetry:
-"A Letter from One Woman to Another" by Cassandra Khaw
Essays:
-"How to Make a Paper Crane" by Elsa Sjunneson-Henry
Fiction:
-"A Catalog of Storms" by Fran Wilde
-"Poems Written While" by Natalia Theodoridou
-"The Thing, With Feathers" by Marissa Lingen
Poetry:
-"A Letter from One Woman to Another" by Cassandra Khaw
Essays:
-"How to Make a Paper Crane" by Elsa Sjunneson-Henry