Sci-fi and Heroic Fantasy discussion

This is the discussion of the 2014 Nebula Award nominated Novelette:


A Guide to the Fruits of Hawai'i by Alaya Dawn Johnson

You can read it free on-line @AlayaDawnJohnson.com.
Originally published in Fantasy & Science Fiction, July/August 2014.


This story is part of our 2014 Nebula Award-Nominated Short Stories Discussion.
It is also part of our The Long List Anthology — Nore from the 2014 Hugo Nominations discussion

Are you going to give this one a try G33z3r - its about vampires so not exactly your wheel house?

Ben wrote: "Are you going to give this one a try G33z3r - its about vampires so not exactly your wheel house?"

Yeah, will re-read. Looking at what I said about it when it was in F&SF, I liked it (3*), but I don't have a strong memory of it. I'll let you know what I think the 2nd time around.

I liked this story a little better on re-read. It reads well, nicely paced. It's not an action story, more a character study. It's about collaboration with the enemy (who in this case, happen to be vampires), warring desire to survive versus fight, the nature of courage? I thought it was put together pretty well.

Just wanted to point out that this one won the Nebula award.

Andreas wrote: "Just wanted to point out that this one won the Nebula award."

That surprises me. I'm not a huge vampire fan but I still didn't think this one added much to the genre. As G33z3r pointed out, it's more of a character study.