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A review by bookaneer
Beneath Ceaseless Skies Issue #270 by Alix E. Harrow, Scott H. Andrews, Natalia Theodoridou
4.0
Rating and review only for Alix E. Harrow's Do Not Look Back, My Lion.
Well, since this is the only Hugo's short story nominee I have yet to read (though I have downloaded it in my Kindle for months), obviously I have to read it asap.
At first, I felt like reading one of Kameron Hurley's stories, really, with all the group marriages and fluid gender roles, but Harrow has her own distinct style that's more subtle and melancholic. She succeeded in weaving a story with a sympathetic character experiencing a heartfelt conflict in a well-built world in fewer than 7,500 words. Funnily enough, I enjoyed this better than her other nominated work, Ten Thousand Doors of January :)
Can be read here: http://www.beneath-ceaseless-skies.com/stories/do-not-look-back-my-lion/
Well, since this is the only Hugo's short story nominee I have yet to read (though I have downloaded it in my Kindle for months), obviously I have to read it asap.
At first, I felt like reading one of Kameron Hurley's stories, really, with all the group marriages and fluid gender roles, but Harrow has her own distinct style that's more subtle and melancholic. She succeeded in weaving a story with a sympathetic character experiencing a heartfelt conflict in a well-built world in fewer than 7,500 words. Funnily enough, I enjoyed this better than her other nominated work, Ten Thousand Doors of January :)
Can be read here: http://www.beneath-ceaseless-skies.com/stories/do-not-look-back-my-lion/