"And Then There Were (N-One)" is a 2017 science fiction/murder mystery novella by Sarah Pinsker. It was first published in Uncanny Magazine. It was republished in the collection Sooner or Later Everything Falls Into the Sea.
| "And Then There Were (N-One)" | |
|---|---|
| Short story by Sarah Pinsker | |
| Language | English |
| Genre(s) | Science fiction, murder mystery |
| Publication | |
| Published in | Uncanny Magazine |
| Publication date | 2017 |
Synopsis edit
When physicist Sarah Pinsker is murdered at SarahCon — an interdimensional convention where everyone is Sarah Pinsker from a different alternate timeline — only insurance investigator Sarah Pinsker can solve the case.
Reception edit
"And Then There Were (N-One)" was a finalist for the Nebula Award for Best Novella of 2017[1] and the 2018 Hugo Award for Best Novella.[2] It was later republished in the 2019 collection Sooner or Later Everything Falls Into the Sea by Small Beer Press.[3]
Tor.com found it "gloriously high-concept", with "a sense of the minute as potentially revelatory",[4] while Kirkus Reviews described it as "phenomenal".[3] Tangent Online, however, considered it "a fairly straightforward murder mystery", and "rather self-absorbed, for obvious reasons".[5]
References edit
- ^ 2017 Nebula Award Finalists Announced!, at Science Fiction Writers of America; published February 20, 2018; retrieved March 31, 2018
- ^ 2018 Hugo Award Finalists Announced, at Tor.com; published March 31, 2018; retrieved March 31, 2018
- ^ a b SOONER OR LATER EVERYTHING FALLS INTO THE SEA, reviewed at Kirkus Reviews; published December 11, 2018; retrieved April 13, 2019
- ^ Where Futurism Meets the Liminal: The Short Fiction of Sarah Pinsker, by Tobias Carroll, at Tor.com; published April 1, 2019; retrieved April 13, 2019
- ^ Uncanny #15, March/April 2017, reviewed by Anne Crookshanks, at Tangent Online; published May 5, 2017; retrieved April 13, 2019
External links edit
- Text of the story
- Narration on Escapepod.org (part 1)
- Narration on Escapepod.org (part 2)
- Interview in which Pinkser discusses the process that inspired the story
- And Then There Were (N – One) title listing at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database
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