Locus Award

The Collider piece describes this as an eco-feminist and climate fiction or cli-fi extravaganza.

It was nominated for both the Hugo and Locus Awards, which are massive deals in the sci-fi community.

Grass is a monumental achievement in thematic allegorical world building.

So what's the setup?

Once upon a time, I went to an awards ceremony.

It was the Locus Awards in 2007 in Seattle.

They were also holding an induction ceremony at the Science Fiction Hall of Fame.

I was wandering about in the EMP building, poking at things when I realized that one of the inductees had entered the hall early, presumably to rest his weary feet.

But they also buy the velocity of the book's success.

Within those eight months, The Everlasting won the 2026 Locus Award for Best Fantasy Novel.

That's a huge deal.

And it was a Hugo Award finalist.

And our poor failed historian is just caught right in the gears of that myth-making machine.

Exactly.

If we connect this to the bigger picture, this heavy thematic weight is exactly why the book won the Locus Award and is a Hugo finalist.

Because it's not just magic and swords.

I think we should throw in as well some of the...

There's some really interesting stuff in the notes about how well received this book is it's a it's obviously the first most von lepwig story spoiler gone there's more coming but in terms of awards so it was a 2005 finalist nominee for the nebula award for best novel um the book was on the shortlist for both the nebula and Locus Awards for Best Fantasy Novel.

And it would have been shortlisted for the Hugo Award for Best Novel, except Terry withdrew it as he felt stress over the award would mar his enjoyment of Worldcom while the Hugos presented.

It was the first time Pratchett had been shortlisted for either award.

It's a novella.

It got the Hugo Award winner for Best Novella and Nebula and Locus Awards for winners for Best Novella for a good reason.

God damn.

Yeah, you put this on your list, Brian.