HUGO AWARD-WINNING SCIENCE FICTION & FANTASY MAGAZINE
Spar
2009 Nebula Award Winner, 2010 Hugo Award Nominee, 2010 Locus Award Finalist
This month's audio fiction is Spar written Kij Johnson and read by Kate Baker.
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ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Kij Johnson is the author of three novels and a number of short stories, a three-time winner of the Nebula Award (including in 2010, for her Clarkesworld story, "Spar"), and a winner of the World Fantasy, Sturgeon, Crawford, and Asimov's Reader Awards.
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Tansy wrote on October 1st, 2009 at 5:00 pm:
A wonderful, dispassionate reading of a very difficult but amazing story. Thank you for this!
Sam wrote on December 2nd, 2009 at 1:51 pm:
I was both stunned and unsettled by this; it reset my expectations as to what was possible in SF. I agree with the narrator that perhaps "enjoyed" is not the right phrase, but I was glued to the story and absolutely amazed by what transpired in it. An exploration of a completely alien "mind" (if it can be called that?) as well as a penetrating examination of the limits of the human mind as well.
Todd Castillo wrote on March 5th, 2010 at 3:50 am:
First off, this was well read. Thank you for that. Good dynamics and pause breaks.
The story. It was something, wasn't it? There was so much pain and loss. The idea of being trapped in this lifeboat. Left by your loved ones. Trapped with an alien and all you can do about it is...well...what they do the entire story. Fuck.
But more to the point, they partake in an activity, even while feeling the mixture of lust and disgust and rage with that activity, because in the end, doing that one thing is better than looking at the world that surrounds them.
Beautifully done.
Karl wrote on May 7th, 2010 at 8:25 am:
A terrific story and an excellent reading. Thank you.
And yes, I did "enjoy" it, as great art is always something that one enjoys, whether it's a pretty picture or not.