Six-Gun Snow White
{{Short description|2013 fantasy novella by Catherynne M. Valente}}
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{{Infobox book
| image = Six-Gun Snow White.jpg
| author = Catherynne M. Valente
| pub_date = February 28, 2013
| language = English
| country = United States
| publisher = Subterranean Press
| set_in = American west
| pages = 167 pp.
| isbn_note =
(hardcover 1st ed.)
| dewey = 813/.6
| oclc = 828097718
| caption = First edition
| media_type = Print (hardcover, paperback)
}}
Six-Gun Snow White is a 2013 fantasy novella by American author Catherynne M. Valente, retelling the story of Snow White in a mythical version of the American frontier, where she is born to a Crow woman and white man. It was published by Subterranean Press.
Reception
Publishers Weekly considered it "witty" with "complex reverberations", and lauded "the originality of the atmosphere" and "the simple pleasure of savoring Valente’s exuberant writing".[https://www.publishersweekly.com/978-1-59606-552-9 Six-Gun Snow White], reviewed at Publishers Weekly; published December 10, 2012; retrieved May 2, 2018 Kirkus Reviews praised Valente's "enjoyably distinctive voice", and the "fascinating details" of the setting, judging the whole as "engaging and delightfully written", but noting that the conclusion "rushes in unexpectedly".[https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/catherynne-m-valente/six-gun-snow-white/SIX-GUN SNOW WHITE by Catherynne M. Valente]{{Dead link|date=September 2023 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}, reviewed at Kirkus Reviews; published August 18, 2015; retrieved May 2, 2018
Awards
Six-Gun Snow White won the 2014 Locus Award for Best Novella,[https://www.blackgate.com/2015/11/07/future-treasures-six-gun-snow-white-by-catherynne-m-valente/ Future Treasures: Six-Gun Snow White by Catherynne M. Valente], by John O'Neill, in Black Gate; published November 7, 2015; retrieved May 2, 2018 and was nominated for the Nebula Award for Best Novella of 2013,[https://nebulas.sfwa.org/nominated-work/six-gun-snow-white/ Six-Gun Snow White] at Science Fiction Writers of America; retrieved May 2, 2018 the 2014 Hugo Award for Best Novella,[http://www.thehugoawards.org/hugo-history/2014-hugo-awards/ 2014 Hugo Awards], at TheHugoAwards.org; retrieved May 2, 2018 and the 2014 World Fantasy Award—Novella.[http://www.worldfantasy.org/2014-world-fantasy-awards/ 2014 World Fantasy Awards] at WorldFantasy.org; retrieved May 2, 2018
References
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Category:Novels based on Snow White
Category:Western (genre) novels
Category:Novels about Native Americans
Category:American fantasy novels
Category:Subterranean Press books