The Wedding Album (short story)
"The Wedding Album" is a science fiction short story by David Marusek. It was first published in Asimov's Science Fiction in June 1999.
Synopsis
[edit]After their wedding, Anne and Ben realize that they are merely recordings of the real Anne and Ben, destined to relive the hours surrounding the wedding for all eternity.
Reception
[edit]"The Wedding Album" won the 2000 Theodore Sturgeon Award,[1] and was a finalist for the 1999 Nebula Award for Best Novella.[2] In the New York Times, Dave Itzkoff described it as "ominous and surprisingly moving".[3] At Strange Horizons, however, Adam Roberts felt that it "show(s) signs of being overboiled" and is "too long" — specifying that it is "very good, but (...) could be better."[4] Cory Doctorow stated that the story "floored" him, praising how it "reels from heartbreaking to mind-bending like a poet on a magnificent drunk".[5]
References
[edit]- ^ The Theodore Sturgeon Memorial Award at the Gunn Center for the Study of Science Fiction; retrieved September 27, 2018
- ^ 1999 - The Nebula Awards, at Science Fiction Writers of America; retrieved September 27, 2018
- ^ It's All Geek to Me, by Dave Itzkoff, in the New York Times; published March 5, 2006; retrieved September 27, 2018
- ^ Getting To Know You, by David Marusek, reviewed by Adam Roberts; at Strange Horizons; published 5 November 2007; retrieved September 27, 2018
- ^ Counting Heads: exciting, major new sf novel, by Cory Doctorow, at BoingBoing; published October 27, 2005; retrieved September 27, 2018
External links
[edit]- The Wedding Album title listing at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database
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