"The Wedding Album" is a science fiction short story by
David Marusek
David Marusek (born January 21, 1951, in Buffalo, New York) is an American author.
Biography
Marusek worked as a graphic designer for about twenty years and for eleven years he also taught graphic design at the University of Alaska Fairbanks. He ...
. It was first published in ''
Asimov's Science Fiction'' in June 1999.
Synopsis
After their wedding, Anne and Ben realize that they are merely recordings of the real Anne and Ben, destined to relive the hours surrounding the wedding for all eternity.
Reception
"The Wedding Album" won the 2000
Theodore Sturgeon Award,
[The Theodore Sturgeon Memorial Award]
at the Gunn Center for the Study of Science Fiction; retrieved September 27, 2018 and was a finalist for the 1999
Nebula Award for Best Novella
The Nebula Award for Best Novella is given each year by the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America (SFWA) for science fiction or fantasy novellas. A work of fiction is defined by the organization as a novella if it is between 17,500 and 40 ...
.
[1999 - The Nebula Awards]
at Science Fiction Writers of America
The Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America, doing business as Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers Association, commonly known as SFWA ( or ) is a nonprofit 501(c)(3) organization of professional science fiction and fantasy writers. While ...
; retrieved September 27, 2018 In ''
the New York Times
''The New York Times'' (''the Times'', ''NYT'', or the Gray Lady) is a daily newspaper based in New York City with a worldwide readership reported in 2020 to comprise a declining 840,000 paid print subscribers, and a growing 6 million paid ...
'',
Dave Itzkoff
David L. Itzkoff (born March 2, 1976) is an American journalist and writer who is a culture reporter for ''The New York Times''. He is the author of ''Cocaine's Son'', a memoir about growing up with his drug-abusing father. Before joining the '' ...
described it as "ominous and surprisingly moving".
[It's All Geek to Me]
by Dave Itzkoff
David L. Itzkoff (born March 2, 1976) is an American journalist and writer who is a culture reporter for ''The New York Times''. He is the author of ''Cocaine's Son'', a memoir about growing up with his drug-abusing father. Before joining the '' ...
, in ''the New York Times
''The New York Times'' (''the Times'', ''NYT'', or the Gray Lady) is a daily newspaper based in New York City with a worldwide readership reported in 2020 to comprise a declining 840,000 paid print subscribers, and a growing 6 million paid ...
''; published March 5, 2006; retrieved September 27, 2018 At ''Strange Horizons'', however, Adam Roberts (British writer), Adam Roberts felt that it "show(s) signs of being overboiled" and is "too long" — specifying that it is "very good, but (...) could be better."
[Getting To Know You, by David Marusek]
reviewed by Adam Roberts (British writer), Adam Roberts; at ''Strange Horizons''; published 5 November 2007; retrieved September 27, 2018 Cory Doctorow stated that the story "floored" him, praising how it "reels from heartbreaking to mind-bending like a poet on a magnificent drunk".
[Counting Heads: exciting, major new sf novel]
by Cory Doctorow, at BoingBoing; published October 27, 2005; retrieved September 27, 2018
References
External links
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1999 short stories
Works originally published in Asimov's Science Fiction
Theodore Sturgeon Award-winning works
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