And Then There Were (N-One)

"And Then There Were (N-One)" is a 2017 science fiction/murder mystery novella by Sarah Pinsker. It was first published in Uncanny Magazine.

"And Then There Were (N-One)"
AuthorSarah Pinsker
LanguageEnglish
Genre(s)
Science fiction

Murder mystery

Published inUncanny Magazine
Publication date2017

Synopsis

When physicist Sarah Pinsker is murdered at SarahCon — an interdimensional convention where everyone is Sarah Pinsker from a different alternate timeline — only insurance investigator Sarah Pinsker can solve the case.

Reception

"And Then There Were (N-One)" was nominated for the 2017 Nebula Award for Best Novella[1] and the 2018 Hugo Award for Best Novella.[2]

Tor.com found it "gloriously high-concept", with "a sense of the minute as potentially revelatory",[3] while Kirkus Reviews described it as "phenomenal".[4] Tangent Online, however, considered it "a fairly straightforward murder mystery", and "rather self-absorbed, for obvious reasons".[5]

gollark: Not sure why they bothered to set it.
gollark: "", the empty string, whatever.
gollark: Well, my school's computers all have the BIOS password set to just... nothing.
gollark: Isn't that more in embedded devices?
gollark: Other OSes can just ignore the permissions, is the thing.

References
  1. 2017 Nebula Award Finalists Announced!, at Science Fiction Writers of America; published February 20, 2018; retrieved March 31, 2018
  2. 2018 Hugo Award Finalists Announced, at Tor.com; published March 31, 2018; retrieved March 31, 2018
  3. Where Futurism Meets the Liminal: The Short Fiction of Sarah Pinsker, by Tobias Carroll, at Tor.com; published April 1, 2019; retrieved April 13, 2019
  4. SOONER OR LATER EVERYTHING FALLS INTO THE SEA, reviewed at Kirkus Reviews; published December 11, 2018; retrieved April 13, 2019
  5. Uncanny #15, March/April 2017, reviewed by Anne Crookshanks, at Tangent Online; published May 5, 2017; retrieved April 13, 2019
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