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We aren't running out of O2 in 8 years. Tobacco conglomerates which don't exist now will magically exist 8 years from now and supposedly be controlling things?? Too many "push button" sci-fi tropes with too little thought into how long it would actually take for some of these things to actually happen. If this is award nominated science fiction, we sorely need more imaginative authors.
The Arc Manor / Phoenix Pick newsletter wrote that Ekpeki's novelette "O2 Arena"--first published in issue 53 of Galaxy's Edge magazine--has just been announced as a finalist for a Nebula (for Best Novelette) & provided a link to a PDF.https://mcusercontent.com/9f17d596f16...It was short, so I read it & it's OK, although it took a leap at the end that didn't make much sense to me. Nasty world creating nasty people.
I received an email from Arc Manor with an announcement that Oghenechovwe is taking the world by storm, and deservedly so. Attached was a PDF of his novelette O2 Arena. Apparently, this novelette is up for some kind of award. I'm afraid O2 Arena. doesn't have what it takes to make it. It was just ... everything baddy, with a heavy dose of boredom.
It Happened In 'Loontown - Lavie Tidhar ****Another classic bit of fun from the master of noir-mixed-with-something-weird as Muldoon the balloon detective deals with murder, dames and helium smuggling.City Lights - Yilun Fan, trans. S Qiouyi Lu ***Sheri, At This Very Moment - Bianca Sayan ****Beautiful, touching story about a terminally ill woman who is woken from stasis for important moments that eat into her remaining time, while her partner and family grow older in the gaps. What Una Loves -
A well crafted future so bleak I am rather sorry I read the story.Nominated for a Nebula.
"It Happened in Loontown" by Lavie Tidler. An interesting concept - a noir police story starring balloons. But a fundamental problem - "H" is hydrogen. Helium is "He." Unforgivable given the importance of the two gases to the story.
Every story worth reading.
This novelette has been nominated for the British SF award in 2022.
