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October 19, 2021 9:46 AM Subscribe
"But no matter: you can be made perfect; you can put on the immerser and become someone else, someone pale-skinned and tall and beautiful." "Immersion" is a short science fiction story by French-Vietnamese author Aliette de Bodard that won the 2012 Nebula Award and Locus Award for Best Short Story. It never explicitly uses the word "assimilation," or "immigrant."
I loved this, thank you.
posted by stillnocturnal at 12:50 PM on October 19, 2021 [1 favorite]
posted by stillnocturnal at 12:50 PM on October 19, 2021 [1 favorite]
A stellar story. It's worth hunting down all of the stories/books in their universe of Xuya.
posted by Ber at 7:57 AM on October 20, 2021
posted by Ber at 7:57 AM on October 20, 2021
Wonderful! And thank you for all your other short story posts as well 😊
posted by twirlypen at 1:28 PM on October 20, 2021 [1 favorite]
posted by twirlypen at 1:28 PM on October 20, 2021 [1 favorite]
Ooh, the comparison to Perkins Gilman was really apt! What a thought provoking story.
posted by MarianHalcombe at 4:37 AM on October 22, 2021
posted by MarianHalcombe at 4:37 AM on October 22, 2021
This was stunning and heartbreaking and exactly what I needed to read this weekend. Thank you for posting it.
posted by Fish, fish, are you doing your duty? at 8:44 AM on October 24, 2021 [1 favorite]
posted by Fish, fish, are you doing your duty? at 8:44 AM on October 24, 2021 [1 favorite]
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I also liked how it played with some of the same themes as Charlotte Perkins Gilman's "The Yellow Wallpaper." With some very important differences, of course.
posted by indexy at 12:27 PM on October 19, 2021 [1 favorite]