Shoggoths in Bloom
{{Infobox short story
| name = Shoggoths in Bloom
| author = Elizabeth Bear
| language = English
| genre = Science fiction/Horror (Cthulhu Mythos)
| published_in = Asimov's Science Fiction
| publication_type = Magazine
| pub_date = March 2008
|media_type=Print novelette|country=United States|pages=14}}
"Shoggoths in Bloom" is a science fiction novelette by Elizabeth Bear, originally published in the March 2008 issue of the American magazine Asimov's Science Fiction, and subsequently republished in Bear's 2012 collection Shoggoths in Bloom.[http://www.strangehorizons.com/reviews/2012/12/shoggoths_in_bl.shtml Shoggoths in Bloom by Elizabeth Bear (Reviewed by Rahul Kanakia)], by Rahul Kanakia, at Strange Horizons; published December 7, 2012; retrieved June 19, 2014
Plot summary
In 1938, Paul Harding is a black college professor who has come to a coastal Maine village to study the wild shoggoths. As news reports of Kristallnacht appear in the background, Harding discovers the unexpected truth about shoggoths, and is faced with a difficult decision.
Reception
"Shoggoths" was the winner of the 2009 Hugo Award for Best Novelette.[http://www.locusmag.com/SFAwards/Db/Hugo2009.html#nvt The LOCUS Index to SF Awards] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090326074410/http://www.locusmag.com/SFAwards/Db/Hugo2009.html |date=2009-03-26 }} Tor.com called it a "stand-out".[http://www.tor.com/2012/11/30/the-sharp-edge-shoggoths-in-bloom-by-elizabeth-bear/ The Sharp Edge: Shoggoths in Bloom by Elizabeth Bear], reviewed by Lee Mandelo; published November 30, 2012; retrieved January 21, 2017
References
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External links
- {{isfdb title|898306|short=yes}}
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20150217033537/http://www.asimovs.com/_issue_0803/shoggoths.shtml Partial text of the story] at Asimov's Science Fiction
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Category:Cthulhu Mythos short stories
Category:Fantasy short stories
Category:Hugo Award for Best Novelette–winning works
Category:Science fiction short stories
Category:Works by Elizabeth Bear
Category:Works originally published in Asimov's Science Fiction