SFRevu 2019 Hugo Short List for Short Fiction and John W. Campbell Award

My friend Sam Tomaino, who I long ago tapped to do short fiction reviews for SFRevu, has come up with a 2019 Shortlist for Short Fiction and the John C. Campbell award. It’s up at SFRevu.com with his reviews of each at: 2019 Hugo Short List for Short Fiction and John W. Campbell Award by Sam Tomaino

I was pleased to see several from authors I like on the list, including Geoff Ryman for his “The Constant Narrowing” and Aliette de Bodard for her The Tea Master and the Detective. Much as I liked the Three Body Problem by Cixin Liu (a Hugo winner and at the time of this writing, #1 Best Seller in Chinese Literature), I can’t help but wonder how much Chinese SF is enough? Strike that. Good SF is good SF and I’ve enjoyed a number of the stories Sam came up with, including Luo Longxiang’s “The Foodie Federation’s Dinosaur Farm”.

For those of you who can’t wait, Here’s the list with just titles, pub, and author (but I urge you to check out Sam’s full piece here with his comments):

Novella

  • The Tea Master and the Detective by Aliette de Bodard. Subterranean Press.
  • “Farewell, Doraemon” by A Que, translated by Emily Jin and Ken Liu. Clarkesworld 140 – May 2018
  • “Bury Me in the Rainbow” by Bill Johnson. Asimov’s Science Fiction March/April 2018 – Vol. 42 Nos. 3 & 4 (Whole Numbers 506 & 507)

Novelette

  • “The Governor” by Tim Powers. The Book of Magic)
  • “Master Zhao: The Tale of an Ordinary Time Traveler” by Zhang Ran, translated by Andy Dudak. Clarkesworld 147 – December 2018)
  • “Hapthorn’s Last Case” by Matthew Hughes. Lightspeed #102 November 2018
  • “The Constant Narrowing” by Geoff Ryman. The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction Nov-Dec 2018 – Volume 135, Nos. 5 & 6 Whole No.740
  • “A Study in Oils” by Kelly Robson. Clarkesworld 144 – September 2018
  • “The Foodie Federation’s Dinosaur Farm” by Luo Longxiang. Clarkesworld 144 – September 2018
  • “Ephemera” by Ian R. MacLeod. Asimov’s Science Fiction July/August 2018 – Vol. 42 Nos. 7 & 8 (Whole Numbers 510 & 511)
  • “The Purpose of the Dodo Is to be Extinct” by Malcolm Devlin. Interzone #275 May/Jun 2018
  • “Sea of Dreams” by Cixin Liu (translated by John Chu). Asimov’s Science Fiction January/February 2018 – Vol. 41 Nos. 11 & 12 (Whole Numbers 502 & 503)

Short Story

  • “A Measure of Love” by C. Stuart Hardwick. Analog Science Fiction and Fact – November/December 2018 – Vol. CXXXVIII, Nos.11 & 12.
  • “Lighthouse Waiting” by Gwendolyn Clare. Shimmer – Number 45, September 2018)
  • “The Ministry of Lost Buttons” by Sarina Dorie. Abyss & Apex Issue 68: 4th Quarter 2018
  • “The Elephant’s Crematorium” by Timothy Mudie. Lightspeed #95 April 2018
  • “Ku’gbo” by Dare Segun Falowo. The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction May/Jun 2018 – Volume 134, Nos. 5 & 6 Whole No.737
  • “baleen, baleen” by Alexandra Renwick. Interzone #274-– Mar/Apr 2018

John W. Campbell Award

  • Zack Be: “True Jing” by Zack Be. Asimov’s Science Fiction July/August 2018 – Vol. 42 Nos. 7 & 8 (Whole Numbers 510 & 511))
  • Dare Segun Falowo: “Ku’gbo” by Dare Segun Falowo. The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction Sep/Oct 2017 – Volume 133, Nos. 3 & 4 Whole No.733)
  • R.S. Benedict: “My English Name” by R.S. Benedict. The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction May/June 2017 – Volume 132, Nos. 5 & 6 Whole No.731)