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Originally Posted by Pete731
Next up for me was the award for Best Novelette, my rankings
1. The Lady Astronaut of Mars
2. The Truth of Fact, The Truth of Feeling
3. The Waiting Stars
4. The Exchange Officers
5/no award/blank. Opera Vita Aeterna
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I had the top three the other way round, I think. Possibly just because of the order I read them in.
At first, I thought "The Truth of Fact, the Truth of Feeling" was very much like one of the episodes of Black Mirror, but it actually went quite a bit further in interesting ways.
I was hoping the Vox Day would be comically terrible. Sadly it was just kind of ordinary. A poor start, and a bit of a flubbed ending, in my opinion, but I've seen worse. I wasn't sure I was going to read it at all, but I thought I might as well, since it was one of the shorter categories.
I find it incredibly hard to divorce an author's views from their work, especially if they are opposed to mine. I find myself looking for subtext and propaganda and struggle to just enjoy the story as it is. I'd rather not know, to be honest. It's never helpful. Having the same political outlook as me doesn't earn you any extra love, and having a wildly different view is only going to be negative.