Six-Gun Snow White Explained

Six-Gun Snow White is a 2013 fantasy novella by Catherynne M. Valente, retelling the story of Snow White in a mythical version of the American frontier, where she is born to a Crow woman and white man. It was published by Subterranean Press.

Reception

Six-Gun Snow White won the 2014 Locus Award for Best Novella,[1] and was nominated for the Nebula Award for Best Novella of 2013,[2] the 2014 Hugo Award for Best Novella,[3] and the 2014 World Fantasy Award—Novella.[4]

Publishers Weekly considered it to be "witty" with "complex reverberations", and lauded "the originality of the atmosphere" and "the simple pleasure of savoring Valente’s exuberant writing".[5] Kirkus Reviews praised Valente's "enjoyably distinctive voice", and the "fascinating details" of the setting, judging the whole as "engaging and delightfully written", but noting that the conclusion "rushes in unexpectedly".[6]

Notes and References

  1. https://www.blackgate.com/2015/11/07/future-treasures-six-gun-snow-white-by-catherynne-m-valente/ Future Treasures: Six-Gun Snow White by Catherynne M. Valente
  2. https://nebulas.sfwa.org/nominated-work/six-gun-snow-white/ Six-Gun Snow White
  3. http://www.thehugoawards.org/hugo-history/2014-hugo-awards/ 2014 Hugo Awards
  4. http://www.worldfantasy.org/2014-world-fantasy-awards/ 2014 World Fantasy Awards
  5. https://www.publishersweekly.com/978-1-59606-552-9 Six-Gun Snow White
  6. https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/catherynne-m-valente/six-gun-snow-white/SIX-GUN SNOW WHITE by Catherynne M. Valente