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2013 Hugo Novelettes, Unveiled!
Last week, we told you where to read the Hugo nominated short stories for free, and we felt a little down about it, because there were only three of them. At least the authors each have a 1 in 3 chance of winning, right? Still, it couldn’t have taken you long to read those stories, so we wrote this follow up on all of the novelettes that were recently nominated for the 2013 Hugos.
Before we go there, let us (yet again) remind you that a LoneStarCon 3 (A.K.A. Worldcon 2013) membership will grant you digital copies of most or all of the five novels, five novellas, five novelettes, and three short stories. We highly recommend you attend the con, of course (mainly so you can visit our booth!), but even if you can’t make it to San Antonio, you can get a supporting membership for only $60… far less than the cost of buying all those stories and books. Plus, you get to vote (hence allowing you to say “I didn’t vote for *that* one!” if don’t like who won).
Still, it’s possible that you don’t care to vote, or can’t afford the cash, or (as is the case with me) can’t wait for the Worldcon committee to release the reader packets. Well, at least for novelettes (and short stories) you need wait no longer. We looked far and wide to find the nominated novelettes, and while they are not all free, most of them are. They are as follows:
- The Boy Who Cast No Shadow, by Thomas Olde is available (for free!) in both .epub and .mobi formats (both formats are DRM free, too).
- Fade to White, by Catherynne Valente can be read on the Clarkesworld web site for free. If you want it on your eReader, you’ll have to copy and paste it into a .txt file and transfer it. You can download the audiobook here.
- The Girl-Thing Who Went Out for Sushi, by Pat Cadigan, does not seem to be available anywhere for free. It is part of an anthology entitled Edge of Infinity, which costs $8.09 in dead tree format, and $6.29 digitally. At least you can read it right away (and have a bunch more stories to boot).
- In Sea-Salt Tears, by the terribly popular Seanan McGuire, is available for free in PDF, Mobi, and ePub formats, which makes her the author who did the best job of giving us all the (DRM free) formats we want. Thanks, Ms. McGuire!
- Rat-Catcher, also by Seanan McGuire is the one story that isn’t immediately available. The anthology in which it appears doesn’t seem to be online at all, even at cost. You get get it in dead tree format for $13.60, which is a little steep if you only want the one story. We’ll keep our eye out for a sign that this story might be released online.
If there are any updates on these novelettes, I will redact this blog post, and I’ll tweet that I have done so (@wwend). If any of YOU know where The Girl-Thing or Rat-Catcher can be had for a lower cost, please tell us in the comments sections, so I can update this list.
Next up: Novellas!
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