Lambing Season
"Lambing Season" is a science fiction short story by American writer Molly Gloss, published in 2002. It was nominated for the 2003 Hugo Award for Best Short Story as well as the Nebula Award for Best Short Story.[1]
"Lambing Season" | |
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Author | Molly Gloss |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Genre(s) | Science fiction |
Published in | Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine |
Publication type | Magazine |
Publication date | July 2002 |
Plot summary
The story follows Delia, a woman who enjoys the solitude of herding sheep each summer. Along with her two dogs and flock of sheep she relishes the natural beauty, silence and long walks that come as part of her job. After one particularly trying evening, she sees a green and yellow flash arc across the sky. She goes to investigate and finds that an alien spaceship has landed on Earth.
gollark: I mean, it probably can since we do similar stuff when modelling other people socially.
gollark: Our architecture doesn't necessarily allow for efficiently modelling bits of ourselves either.
gollark: No it's not.
gollark: It could do *something* like that if it has sufficient memory during its runtime.
gollark: It cannot actually alter itself even though it can think about doing so.
References
- The LOCUS Index to SF Awards Archived 2011-01-31 at WebCite
External links
- Lambing Season title listing at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database
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