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Language English Published in English 2013 Country United States of America | 3/5 Goodreads Published in Apex Magazine Originally published March 2013 Genre Speculative fiction | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Awards Nebula Award for Best Short Story Nominations Hugo Award for Best Short Story Similar Works by Rachel Swirsky, Nebula Award for Best Short Story winners, Other books | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Rachel swirsky if you were a dinosaur my love
"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.
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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, and was nominated for the 2014 Hugo Award for Best Short Story. 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.
The story was at the center of the Sad Puppies controversy; it was held up as an example of "message fiction" by its detractors, symptomatic of a clique of "social justice warriors" controlling the awards. It was strongly criticized by authors like John C. Wright and Sarah Hoyt.