A Braver Thing

"A Braver Thing" is a science fiction novelette by Charles Sheffield. It was first published in Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine in February 1990, and subsequently republished in The Year's Best Science Fiction: Eighth Annual Collection (1991), in Sheffield's collection Dancing With Myself (1993), and in Visions of Wonder (1996); it was also translated into Italian and published (as "Qualcosa di eccezionale ") in Supernovæ (1993) and Millemondi Primavera 1996 (1996).[1]

Synopsis

Giles Turnbull has been awarded a Nobel Prize in Physics. As he prepares to give his acceptance speech, he considers the events in his life which led him to this juncture — in particular, his friendship with someone smarter.

Reception

"Braver" was nominated for the 1991 Hugo Award for Best Novelette,[2] and the 1991 Locus Award for Best Novelette.[3] Publishers Weekly called it "(a)s much science mystery as science fiction".[4]

References

  1. ↑ A Braver Thing at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database; retrieved September 10, 2014
  2. ↑ 1991 Hugo Awards, at TheHugoAwards.org; retrieved September 10, 2014
  3. ↑ The Locus Index to SF Awards: 1991 Locus Awards, at Locus; retrieved September 10, 2014
  4. ↑ Fiction Book Review: Year's Best Science Fiction by Gardner Dozois, Author St. Martin's Press; published June 3, 1991; retrieved September 10, 2014

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