I don’t talk too much about fiction here, and I don’t talk much about awards, either. But I have to mention this year’s Hugo for Best Short Story. The story that won was “Cat Pictures Please,” which might seem at first to be cute and light, but which is also about whether treating people according to the Golden Rule is possible, and several other quite deep ethical issues. It’s a great story. Go read it.

The author, Naomi Kritzer, is a friend of mine, and I’m incredibly happy that she is getting this much-deserved attention and praise. Check out her other short fiction, her novels, and her nonfiction writing.