Spear

[psocoptera]

Spear, Nicola Griffith, 2022 short novel or novella. (Locus and the spreadsheet and the Nebulas all list it as a novel, but I thought I recalled someone saying that it was within the wiggle room, although I don't actually think it is, so dunno what was up with that.) "Queer Arthurian retelling", which gave me a genuine moment of "wait, isn't the Matter of Britain always queer", which, no, just because I can't think of the last time I read a cishet take on it, does not mean that's canon... anyways, I enjoyed this a lot, Griffith is a master of specificity and detail and I thought this was very nicely put together, fits in lots of the bits you want in your Arthuriana. Very enjoyable protagonist. Also we're apparently finally getting the Hild sequel this fall! Which is useful to know; I might try to reread Hild this summer, when I expect to have ready access to a paper copy.

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[glassonion]

I'm the one who said it was in the wiggle room, because the spreadsheet told me it was. Anyway, i nominated it as a novella, and if i'm wrong, i'm wrong; no point stressing about it.

I'm glad you liked it!

[psocoptera]

Heh, I did not scroll over to see if there were any notes in the offscreen column. I believed a Hypebunch page that it was 56400 words but if it's actually 48000 then it does just fit the wiggle room. I guess if it shows up on neither finalist list we'll have to wait for the longlist to learn more...