A Braver Thing

1990 science fiction novelette by Charles Sheffield

"A Braver Thing" is a science fiction novelette by English-American writer 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 a finalist 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 Archived 2011-05-07 at the Wayback Machine, at TheHugoAwards.org; retrieved September 10, 2014
  3. ^ The Locus Index to SF Awards: 1991 Locus Awards Archived November 29, 2014, at the Wayback Machine, 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

External links

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Bibliography of Charles Sheffield
The Proteus Universe
The Heritage Universe
  • Summertide (1990)
  • Divergence (1991)
  • Transcendence (1992)
  • Convergence (1997)
  • Resurgence (2002)
Other novels
  • The Web Between The Worlds (1979)
  • My Brother's Keeper (1982, revised 1998)
  • The Selkie (1982) (with David Bischoff)
  • The McAndrew Chronicles (1983)
  • Between the Strokes of Night (1985)
  • The Nimrod Hunt (1986, revised 1993)
  • Trader's World (1988)
  • Brother to Dragons (1992)
  • Cold as Ice (1992)
  • Godspeed (1993)
  • The Mind Pool (1993)
  • The Judas Cross (1994) - With David Bischoff
  • The Ganymede Club (1995)
  • Higher Education (1995)
  • The Billion Dollar Boy (1997)
  • Putting Up Roots (1997)
  • Tomorrow and Tomorrow (1997)
  • Aftermath (1998)
  • The Cyborg from Earth (1998)
  • Starfire (1999)
  • The Spheres of Heaven (2001)
  • Dark as Day (2002)
  • The Amazing Dr. Darwin (2002)
Short fiction


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