Navigational Entanglements

Navigational Entanglements, Aliette de Bodard, 2024 novella. Can I call this xianxia in space? Four space cultivators from rival space cultivation clans are sent on a space mission to deal with a space monster, but then, oh no, space cultivation politics. Fun and I enjoyed it, although I probably wouldn't have Hugo-nominated it myself. The romance felt a little rushed and the writing got a little repetitive (does the one cultivation style need to be "slow and ponderous" *every* time it's mentioned?). I would read a sequel, though!

Also I guess I can rank Hugo novellas now? ( Read more... )