{"id":5982,"date":"2011-04-27T14:19:42","date_gmt":"2011-04-27T22:19:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/aidanmoher.com\/blog\/?p=5982"},"modified":"2011-04-27T14:19:42","modified_gmt":"2011-04-27T22:19:42","slug":"free-readin-read-the-2011-hugo-nominees-for-free","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/aidanmoher.com\/blog\/2011\/04\/news\/free-readin-read-the-2011-hugo-nominees-for-free\/","title":{"rendered":"Free Readin&#8217; | Read the 2011 Hugo Nominees for free"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/aidanmoher.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/7841670.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/aidanmoher.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/7841670-197x300.jpg\" alt=\"Cryoburn by Lois McMaster Bujold\" title=\"Cryoburn by Lois McMaster Bujold\" width=\"197\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-5984\" srcset=\"https:\/\/aidanmoher.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/7841670-197x300.jpg 197w, https:\/\/aidanmoher.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/7841670.jpeg 313w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 197px) 100vw, 197px\" \/><\/a>What&#8217;s better than free fiction? Free fiction that&#8217;s considered some of the best published in the past year. Here&#8217;s a rundown of the Hugo-nominated short stories, novellas, novelettes, and even a novel that&#8217;re legally available for free reading.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong>Best Novel<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Cryoburn<\/strong> by Lois McMaster Bujold \u2014 <a href=\"http:\/\/baencd.thefifthimperium.com\/24-CryoburnCD\/CryoburnCD\/Novels\/Cryoburn\/index.htm\">Download via Baen Books<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Best Short Story<\/strong><br \/>\n\u201cAmaryllis\u201d by Carrie Vaughn \u2014 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.lightspeedmagazine.com\/fiction\/amaryllis\/\">Read on Lightspeed<\/a><br \/>\n\u201cFor Want of a Nail\u201d by Mary Robinette Kowal \u2014 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.maryrobinettekowal.com\/journal\/for-want-of-a-nail-is-a-hugo-nominee\/\">Read on Robinette&#8217;s website<\/a><br \/>\n\u201cPonies\u201d by Kij Johnson \u2014 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.tor.com\/stories\/2010\/11\/ponies\">Read on Tor.com<\/a><br \/>\n\u201cThe Things\u201d by Peter Watts \u2014 <a href=\"http:\/\/clarkesworldmagazine.com\/watts_01_10\/\">Read on Clarkesworld<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Best Novelette<\/strong><br \/>\n\u201cEight Miles\u201d by Sean McMullen \u2014 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.seanmcmullen.net.au\/eightmiles.htm\">Read on McMullen&#8217;s website<\/a><br \/>\n\u201cThe Jaguar House, in Shadow\u201d by Aliette de Bodard \u2014 <a href=\"http:\/\/aliettedebodard.com\/bibliography\/online-fiction\/the-jaguar-house-in-shadow\/\">Read on de Bodard&#8217;s website<\/a><br \/>\n\u201cPlus or Minus\u201d by James Patrick Kelly \u2014 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.jimkelly.net\/index.php?option=com_content&#038;task=view&#038;id=136&#038;Itemid=41\">Read on Kelly&#8217;s website<\/a><br \/>\n\u201cThat Leviathan, Whom Thou Hast Made\u201d by Eric James Stone \u2014 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ericjamesstone.com\/blog\/stories\/that-leviathan-whom-thou-hast-made\/\">Read on Stone&#8217;s website<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Best Novella<\/strong><br \/>\n\u201cThe Lady Who Plucked Red Flowers beneath the Queen\u2019s Window\u201d by Rachel Swirsky \u2014 <a href=\"http:\/\/subterraneanpress.com\/index.php\/magazine\/summer-2010\/fiction-the-lady-who-plucked-red-flowers-beneath-the-queens-window-by-rachel-swirsky\/\">Read on Subterranean Press<\/a><br \/>\nThe Lifecycle of Software Objects by Ted Chiang \u2014 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.subterraneanpress.com\/index.php\/magazine\/fall-2010\/fiction-the-lifecycle-of-software-objects-by-ted-chiang\/\">Read on Subterranean Press<\/a><br \/>\n\u201cThe Sultan of the Clouds\u201d by Geoffrey A. Landis \u2014 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.asimovs.com\/2011_04-05\/images\/511Nebula10_sultan.pdf\">Download a PDF from Asimov&#8217;s<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>That should keep you busy for a while, huh? Enjoy!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What&#8217;s better than free fiction? Free fiction that&#8217;s considered some of the best published in the past year. Here&#8217;s a rundown of the Hugo-nominated short stories, novellas, novelettes, and even a novel that&#8217;re legally available for free reading. 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