It's Friday - Two Links and a Picture

Like the label on the tin says:

A) 5 celebrities everybody forgets did terrible things. Presented as an artifact of historical interest.

B) It's time to bury the Hitler analogy, or, Iran 2015 is not Germany 1939.

Really?

The only freely-available Hugo novella I have been able to find is Arlan Andrews' Flow. I just finished reading it, and am frankly underwhelmed.

The plot, such as it is, consists of Rist, a native of the northern Tharn's Lands, who is riding an iceberg down a river to sell same in The Warm Lands (capitalization in original). We spend pages and pages watching Rift wander about aimlessly while the author drops hints (occasional) that the faux-medieval setting is post-apocalyptic. We eventually get to some conflict, in that Rist decides to steal some artificial spiderweb wire (left over from the Goode Olde Dayes) and then goes on the run. There's a bit of Rist On The Run, then the story ends on a literal cliff-hanger - Rist descending a cliff into he knows not what.

I'm frankly surprised that this story was published at all. I also don't see what the Puppies see in this story. There's a shocking lack of action, and it takes a damn long amount of time before anything happens.

John C. Wright tends to leave me cold, so unless Tom Kratman's got something under the hood, it's looking like a short ballot for novellas.

Number Six

Republic Bank of Chicago, Oak Brook, Illinois, Assumes All of the Deposits of Edgebrook Bank, Chicago, Illinois.

I am employed by Republic Bank, the assuming institution.