If You Were a Dinosaur, My Love

"If You Were a Dinosaur, My Love"
Author	Rachel Swirsky
Country	United States
Language	English
Genre(s)	Speculative fiction
Published in	Apex Magazine
Published in English	2013

"If You Were a Dinosaur, My Love" is an award-winning short story by Rachel Swirsky. It was first published in Apex Magazine in 2013.

Synopsis

A narrator explains to their love how things would be different if that person were a Tyrannosaurus rex.

Reception

"Dinosaur" won the 2013 Nebula Award for Best Short Story,^[1] and was nominated for the 2014 Hugo Award for Best Short Story.^[2] Critic Ana Grilo describes it as "beautiful", "powerful", and "intense", and "almost like a piece of poetry", but questions whether it can truly be considered speculative fiction.^[3]

References

↑ 2013 Nebula Awards Winners, at Locus; published May 17, 2014; retrieved June 26, 2014
↑ 2014 Hugo Awards, at TheHugoAwards.org; retrieved June 26, 2014
↑ Reading the 2014 Hugo Award Finalists—The Short Stories Ballot, by Ana Grilo, at Kirkus Reviews; published May 2, 2014; retrieved June 26, 2014

External links

Text of the story at Apex Magazine

Nebula Award for Best Short Story

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