The Year Without Sunshine
"The Year Without Sunshine" is a 2023 science fiction short story by Naomi Kritzer. It was first published in Uncanny Magazine.
Synopsis
[edit]In the wake of a natural disaster, the residents of a Minneapolis neighborhood undertake a collective effort to keep each other alive.
Reception
[edit]"The Year Without Sunshine" won the Nebula Award for Best Novelette of 2023,[1] and the 2024 Hugo Award for Best Novelette.[2]
Locus called it "hopeful" and "well-considered, well-researched, and well-written", but asked whether "such a kind and caring urban island would inevitably be confronted by less amiable folks who have an awful lot of arms and ammo".[3]
References
[edit]- ^ The Year Without Sunshine, at Science Fiction Writers of America; retrieved August 11, 2024
- ^ 2024 Hugo Awards, at TheHugoAwards.org; retrieved August 11, 2024
- ^ Paula Guran Reviews The Sunday Morning Transport, Uncanny, and The Dark; by Paula Guran; at Locus; published April 17, 2024; retrieved August 11, 2024