2011 Nebula Award Nominee for Best Novella, 2012 Hugo Award Nominee for Best Novella, 2012 Locus Award Finalist for Best Novella
Our third piece of audio fiction for December is part two of "Silently and Very Fast" written by Catherynne M. Valente and read by Kate Baker. If you missed the earlier parts of this story, we recommend that you listen to parts one and two first.
Clarkesworld Magazine Issue 63 - Silently and Very Fast by Catherynne M. Valente (part three of three) [61:10m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download (6860)
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Born in the Pacific Northwest in 1979, Catherynne M. Valente is the author of Palimpsest and the Orphan's Tales series, as well as The Labyrinth, Yume no Hon: The Book of Dreams, The Grass-Cutting Sword, and five books of poetry. She is the winner of the Tiptree Award, the Mythopoeic Award, the Rhysling Award, and the Million Writers Award. She has been nominated nine times for the Pushcart Prize, shortlisted for the Spectrum Award was a World Fantasy Award finalist in 2007. She currently lives on an island off the coast of Maine with her partner and two dogs. Her crowdfunded novel, The Girl Who Circumnavigated Fairyland in a Ship of Her Own Making, can be found at http://catherynnemvalente.com/fairyland
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This audio version is beautyfully read and really drew me in. I will certainly have to read it by my self to understand the structure and some details even better but just listening to it evoked a wealth of fantastic images and deeply felt emotions.
This is one of the most poetic pieces of fantastic fiction I've encountered so far.
Thanks! You just made a new fan.
Oh, I should probably have posted this after the last part. I did refer to the whole story/performance which I swallowed in one go.