![]() This is a novella that puts a different twist on the emergence of Artificial Intelligence. “The Lifecycle of Software Objects” by Ted Chiang ![]() It was such a bummer, because if it had come together at the end a bit better, this would have been my favorite. Some of the scenes that I had earlier hoped would come into play in the end turned out to be pretty useless, other than being cool. The story just didn’t tie together very well. Sadly, the ending kind of fell apart for me. There was enough magic here to last through a couple of novels (at least) and I ate through it ravenously. Each scene is gorgeous, interesting, and wonderful. It’s the story of a female magician-males aren’t allowed to be magicians-who is betrayed and killed and subsequently recalled to life to help various rulers and magicians and teachers throughout the ages. Wow! If there were an award for just plain coolness, of breathtakingly beautiful scenes and weird and wonderful magic, then this novella would win hands down. “The Lady Who Plucked Red Flowers Beneath the Queen’s Window” by Rachel Swirsky In the end, this category will vary a lot from reader to reader. ![]() There’s some beautiful stuff in this set of nominated works-in fact, it was a little hard to choose which was the best. ![]() In case you are wondering, a novella ranges from around 17,500 words and measures up to 40,000 words in length. ![]()
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