I try to read all nominee’s from the awards lists.  I recently read Inclination by William Shunn, a novella that appears on both the Hugo and Nebula lists.

Inclination is a powerful story about a young man realizing that the religion of his father and the story of his mother’s death may not be all it appears to be on the surface.

Although the characters are interesting, the story does a better job with the scenery.  I felt like I was on board Neatherview Station.  Interacting with the population and able to get information at will by simply talking to Geoff in a nearby Geoff-room.  Geoff is the station information AI.

The novella category this year has a number fantastic stories but this one is tied in my mind for first place.  Maybe I will tell you which one it’s tied with sometime.

By-the-way, according to a Sci Fi Wire article, William Shunn is in the process of expanding this novella into a full length novel.  I can’t wait.