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Continuing my musings about my Hugo vote, today's topic is novelettes:

Eros, Philia, Agape (Rachel Swirsky), One of Our Bastards is Missing (Paul Cornell) and Sinner, Baker, Fabulist, Priest; Red Mask, Black Mask, Gentleman, Beast, (Eugie Foster) - these were rather too experimental and/or literary for my tastes. There is much gnashing of teeth about the "death of short science fiction." Let me suggest that, either as a symptom or a cause, stories that people can't get more than a few pages into are not a help.

The Island (Peter Watts) - I've never met the man, but I'm told he's a nice fellow to hang out with. Having said that, man does he write some Gloomy Gus stories. They are, however, engaging and interesting stories. This one is high on the "cool" factor.

It Takes Two (Nicola Griffith) - is "love" just chemicals or is it something else? Ms. Griffith asks that question in this quite lovely story.

Overtime (Charles Stross) - this is an entertaining short set in Stross's "Bureau 13" world. It's got to be one of the more unusual Christmas stories I've ever read.

I'm leaning strongly towards voting 1-2-3 in the order listed.
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