If You Were a Dinosaur, My Love explained

If You Were a Dinosaur, My Love
Author:Rachel Swirsky
Country:United States
Language:English
Genre:Speculative fiction
Published In:Apex Magazine
English Pub Date:2013

"If You Were a Dinosaur, My Love" is a short story by American writer Rachel Swirsky. It was first published in Apex Magazine in 2013.

Synopsis

As a paleontologist lies in a coma, his fiancée tells him how things would be different if he were a Tyrannosaurus rex.

Reception

"If You Were a Dinosaur, My Love" won the 2013 Nebula Award for Best Short Story,[1] and was nominated for the 2014 Hugo Award for Best Short Story.[2] At Kirkus Reviews, critic Ana Grilo describes it as "beautiful", "powerful", and "intense", and "almost like a piece of poetry", but questions whether it can truly be considered speculative fiction.[3]

The story was at the center of the Sad Puppies controversy; it was held up as an example of "message fiction" by its detractors, symptomatic of a clique ofsocial justice ideologues who they said were controlling the awards.[4] It was strongly criticized by Sad Puppies-involved[5] [6] authors such as John C. Wright[7] and Sarah Hoyt.[8]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: 2013 Nebula Awards Winners . Locus Online . 2014-05-20 . 2016-07-13.
  2. Web site: 2014 Hugo Awards . The Hugo Awards . 2014-04-18 . 2016-07-13.
  3. Web site: Grilo . Ana . Reading the 2014 Hugo Award Finalists--The Short Stories Ballot . Kirkus Reviews . 2015-11-01 . 2016-07-13.
  4. Web site: Young . Cathy . Culture Warriors Invade Sci-Fi/Fantasy . Reason.com . 2015-09-01 . 2016-07-13.
  5. Web site: Smeagol Nielson Hayden » John C. Wright's Journal . 2024-08-15 . en-US.
  6. Web site: 2017-06-20 . About Those Lost Puppies . 2024-08-15 . Mad Genius Club . en.
  7. Web site: Wright . John C. . John C. Wright (author) . Dinosaur-sized bigotry . John C. Wright's Journal . 2015-01-31 . 2016-07-13.
  8. Web site: If You Were A Grown Up, My Love . According To Hoyt . Hoyt . Sarah . Sarah Hoyt . 2015-01-31 . 2016-07-13.