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2016 short story by Amal El-Mohtar
"Seasons of Glass and Iron"
is a 2016
fantasy
story by Canadian writer
Amal El-Mohtar
. It was first published in the anthology
The Starlit Wood: New Fairy Tales
.
Synopsis
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Tabitha and Amira are both trapped in
fairy tales
: Tabitha is
marching around the world until she wears out seven pairs of iron shoes
in an effort to free her husband from an enchantment, while Amira
sits atop a glass mountain
awaiting a man to climb all the way up and claim her as his bride. When Tabitha accidentally climbs up Amira's mountain one day, they become friends, and their lives change.
Origin
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El-Mohtar was inspired to write the story when her 7-year-old niece asked to be told a fairy tale, but the only ones she could think of involved "women being rescued by men or tormented by other women".
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Reception
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Seasons
won the
Nebula Award for Best Short Story
of 2016,
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the 2017
Hugo Award for Best Short Story
,
[3]
and the 2017
Locus Award for Best Short Story
.
[4]
It was also shortlisted for the 2017
World Fantasy Award?Short Fiction
,
[5]
the 2017
Aurora Award
for Best Short Fiction,
[6]
and the 2017
Theodore Sturgeon Award
.
[7]
Publishers Weekly
called it "excellent", and observed that it "explores the power of women's friendships to rewrite?or at least expose?misogynist ideologies",
[8]
while
Tor.com
noted that it "undermines the logic of [Tabitha and Amira's] self-imposed martyrdom" and "invites introspection".
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References
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- ^
An Interview with Hugo Award Recipient Amal El-Mohtar
, at
Carleton University
; published August 22, 2017; retrieved September 14, 2017
- ^
Announcing the 2016 Nebula Awards Winners
, at
Tor.com
; published May 20, 2017; retrieved September 14, 2017
- ^
2017 Hugo Awards
, at TheHugoAwards.org; retrieved September 14, 2017
- ^
2017 Locus Awards Winners
, at
Locus Online
; published June 24, 2017; retrieved September 14, 2017
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Nominees
at WorldFantasy.org; retrieved September 14, 2017
- ^
Aurora Nominations
, by
Steven H Silver
, at the
SF Site
; published May 30, 2017; retrieved September 14, 2017
- ^
Sturgeon finalists
at the Gunn Center for the Study of Science Fiction; retrieved September 14, 2017
- ^
The Starlit Wood: New Fairy Tales
; Edited by Dominik Parisien and
Navah Wolfe
, reviewed by Veronica Schaneoes, at
Publishers Weekly
; published August 8, 2016; retrieved September 14, 2017
- ^
Fairy Tales Gorgeously Reimagined:
The Starlit Wood
, reviewed by Haralambi Markov; at
Tor.com
; published October 18, 2016; retrieved September 14, 2017
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