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Since then, I've also read her take on women in refrigerators and the Eurovision Song Contest (in space!) She graduated from high school at age 15, going on to UC San Diego and Edinburgh University, receiving her B.A. “Silently and Very Fast” is no exception. such yearning! This novella hit me by surprise. Silently and Very Fast is one of them. Welcome back. posted 2 years ago on June 5th, 2018 with 308 notes tags: spnedit spncastiel castieledit castiel spn angels supernatural!gif angels angels everywhere long post for ts supernatural has utterly failed at making me team human. 2011 Nebula Award Nominee for Best Novella, 2012 Hugo Award Nominee for Best Novella, 2012 Locus Award Winner for Best Novella, 2012 Theodore Sturgeon Memorial Award Finalist, 2012 World Fantasy Award Nominee for Best Novella such a tender story of an AI trying to grow up, such luminous prose, glowing pearls of prose, layers of myth and fable and parable and dreams and dreaming and dreamscapes and science like magic. See search results for this author. how i have been excluded, a part of them has died, and a part of me has died. Bestselling author Jeff VanderMeer is perhaps best known for his creepy sci-fi thriller Annihilation, which was made into a movie and kicked... Fantastist Catherynne M. Valente takes on the folklore of artificial intelligence in this brand new, original novella of technology, identity, and an uncertain mechanized future. She graduated from high school at age 15, going on to UC San Diego and Edinburgh University, receiving her B.A. Updated by root on . Goodreads Book Depository Note: This is a pre-scheduled post. I can honestly say that I tried, but gave up approximately half way through. But she is not alone. This reviewer’s fangirling is 100% free of exaggeration. I’m just so grateful that I got to experience it in my lifetime. 3.5 stars. and can honestly say that she is one of very few authors that can write about anything and everything and always make the stories their own. View In Exhibition. I know that sounds like so much reviewer hyperbole but it’s not. But she doesn’t dream alone. Read as part of the Hugo 2012 Voter Packet. Valente seems to know all the ways. Altogether elsewhere, vast Herds of reindeer move across Miles and miles of golden moss, Silently and very fast. Novellas almost always require your full concentration, and to be read in a single sitting. I will not deny that I have lions in me. It has science-fictiony parts and fantasyish parts and fairytailish parts and love stores and artificial intelligence and gods and machine dreams. ‎Fantastist Catherynne M. Valente takes on the folklore of artificial intelligence in this brand new, original novella of technology, identity, and an uncertain mechanized future. Buy SILENTLY AND VERY FAST by Unnamed (ISBN: 9781936896004) from Amazon's Book Store. Five jewels in five hands. View Close Up. Catherynne M. Valente deserves all the small attention that I can nudge in her dire. such simple emotions, and such complexity. My book friends all know that I am a HUGE fan of the novella format. Neva is dreaming. [it is marooned, its creators finding it not human enough to interact freely with other humans, too human to be tolerated by other AIs, a fascinating but seemingly evolutionary dead end. To see what your friends thought of this book, I feel so completely in awe of this book right now. parents who are brothers and sisters and lovers and children. This is how Elefsis begins. Strange, surreal, and utterly sublime, Silently, and Very Fast takes an unusual route into well-trodden country. Together Neva and Elefsis navigate their history and their future, an uneasy, unwilling symbiote. Disclaimer: these are notes I took while reading this book. She then drifted away from her M.A. Silently and Very Fast was published by WSFA Press in 2011, and released at WSFA's annual Capclave convention (October 14-16, 2011 in Gaithersburg Maryland) as a special 500-copy limited and signed hardcover edition. . It feels abstract and a little bit removed at first, but gradually reveals its inner workings. and all the words, and all the metaphors, and all the things my own robot mind wishes it could say, to put into words, to make sense of things like life and death and growing up and wanting to be more, so much more, but not knowing what that, Fifty years from now, this will be held up as one of the all-time classics of Science Fiction Literature. a tale retold in so many ways, characters like archetypes but real, so real! Click to read more about Silently and Very Fast door Catherynne M. Valente. such simple emotions, and such complexity. . Cat Valente writes fairy tales, and her foray into science fiction, Silently and Very Fast, is no different (except when it is). Does anyone happen to know if this story is available in any anthologies? I’m just so grateful that I got to experience it in my lifetime. Verdict: An elegant, verbally elaborate construction of sci-fi and folklore.Silently and Very Fast tells a human fairy tale about an artificial intelligence. Silently and Very Fast. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. The depth and complexity of the worlds that Valente creates here are stunning, and Elefsis and her family (avatars?) October 14th 2011 Follow/Fav Silently and Very Fast By: The Carnivorous Muffin Bella is only twelve years old when she becomes a vampire, as an immortal child she is forced to find her way in a world that spins on a slightly tilted axis where every Dorian Gray has a decrepit portrait of himself hanging in his back closet. A mysterious machine entity called Elefsis haunts her and the members of her family, back through the generations to her great-great grandmother-a gifted computer programmer who changed the world. I'm pretty certain I read it back then but I when I reread it now, I barely remembered any of it. This is the kind of beautiful that makes me shake my fist and despair that I may never write anything as good. Start by marking “Silently and Very Fast” as Want to Read: Error rating book. Silently and Very Fast Family Saga, Sci-fi. Neva is dreaming. Every book I've read of hers is unique. Catherynne M Valente (Author) › Visit Amazon's Catherynne M Valente Page. I know that sounds like so much reviewer hyperbole but it’s not. Nevertheless She Persisted: Flash Fiction Project, The Girl Who Fell Beneath Fairyland and Led the Revels There, The Girl Who Ruled Fairyland--For a Little While. Catherynne M. Valente was born on Cinco de Mayo, 1979 in Seattle, WA, but grew up in in the wheatgrass paradise of Northern California. Catherynne M. Valente was born on Cinco de Mayo, 1979 in Seattle, WA, but grew up in in the wheatgrass paradise of Northern California. 2015 Reading Challenge. Neva is dreaming. Oh! Play Go Unlimited. Novella. Alles over Silently and Very Fast door Catherynne M. Valente. This is beautiful. 12 new artworks have recently been added by SMAC Gallery. program and into a long residence in the concrete and camphor wilds of Japan. LibraryThing is een catalogiseer- en sociale netwerksite voor boekenliefhebbers. A mysterious machine entity called Elefsis haunts her and the members of her family, back through the generations to her great-great grandmother-a gifted computer programmer who changed the world. Ticked off: A book with a female author Also: A book with non-human characters; A book I can finish in a day; A book by an author I’ve never read before Originally, I had to read Silently and Very Fast for a course I took back in 2014. Silently and Very Fast — by Catherynne M. Valente — AUDIO VERSION . 1. I'm pretty certain I read it back then but I when I reread it now, I barely remembered any of it. I have parts of myself I do not yet understand. Goodreads helps you keep track of books you want to read. And no wonder: It's filled with (also typical of Valente) lots of whimsical and poetic language and literary diversions, like classic fairy tales inserted into the text and given an SF (especially artificial intelligence) spin. I want to be myself. But she doesn’t dream alone. But what they discover in their dreamworld might change them forever . Follow/Fav Silently and Very Fast By: The Carnivorous Muffin Bella is only twelve years old when she becomes a vampire, as an immortal child she is forced to find her way in a world that spins on a slightly tilted axis where every Dorian Gray has a decrepit portrait of himself hanging in his back closet. I am still so swept up in all of the intense emotions that this book cultivated in me. such a tender story of an AI trying to grow up, such luminous prose, glowing pearls of prose, layers of myth and fable and parable and dreams and dreaming and dreamscapes and science like magic. Episodes. Silently and Very Fast - Kindle edition by Valente, Catherynne M.. Download it once and read it on your Kindle device, PC, phones or tablets. Silently and Very Fast (Signed) Hardcover – January 1, 2011. by. in Classics with an emphasis in Ancient Greek Linguistics. Together Neva and Elefsis navigate their history and their future, an uneasy, unwilling symbiote. Review by Rich Horton (2011) in Locus, #610 November 2011; Review by Gardner Dozois (2011) in Locus, #610 November 2011. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading Silently and Very Fast. Sample. Five jewels in five hands. Silently and Very Fast. No. As I read more Speculative fiction, I'm increasingly blown away by the sheer amount of creativity and imagination on display. “I do not want to be human. Together Neva and Elefsis navigate their history and their future, an uneasy, unwilling symbiote. But she is not alone. a weaving, a tapestry, an ancient story and a bright shiny new one. an author perfectly in control of her talent. This edition sold out very quickly, and so Silently and Very Fast was re-printed in 2012 as a trade hardcover edition. A positive one! In this Locus award winning novella, Valente tells the story of a robot named Elefsis. At its core, it's the story of a machine learning. Copyright © 2020 Apple Inc. All rights reserved. Title: Silently and Very Fast Author: Catherynne M. Valente Rating: 5/5 stars Series? At heart the birth of an AI, it is so much more: life, death, beauty, family, and a variety of other subjects. such yearning! 29m. a child trying to grow up. This reviewer’s fangirling is 100% free of exaggeration. hello gorgeous! 2. It doesn't read like a hard SF story, but in some way it may be a very accurate way of describing what's coming for us. it is no one's fault, it is only a fact of distance, even with the phone and the internet. parents who are brothers and sisters and lovers and children. Fantastist Catherynne M. Valente takes on the folklore of artificial intelligence in this brand new, original novella of technology, identity, and an uncertain mechanized future. Contact Gallery. Available on 03/12/2021. i am amazed. I knew going in, this was more on the experimental side of the genre, but I still wasn't prepared for how trippy it would be. Sample. Play Go Unlimited. Catherynne M. Valente deserves all the small attention that I can nudge in her direction. A mysterious machine entity called Elefsis haunts her and the members of her fami… Read more. I've been a Valente fan for a while now. Neva is dreaming. Just a moment while we sign you in to your Goodreads account. Silently and very fast, Catherynne M. Valente. Elefsis is a machine intelligence who first learned to speak in similes, whose habitat is the internal brain- and dreamscapes of five generations of the same family, and who now has now found itself bound to Neva – the final angry, secretive scion of the Uoya-Agostinos – under circumstances it does not fully understand, and which Neva herself is reluctant to explain. She then drifted away from her M.A. I find Valente fascinating. I know this high is fleeting and I want to pass it on to all of you while I still have it. program and into a long residence in the concrete and cam. i am amazed. how many ways can a story be told and still feel fresh? I haven't read all of the Nebula novella nominees just yet, but so far this is my pick. View all covers for Silently and Very Fast (logged in users can change User Preferences to always display covers on this page) Reviews. Oh! This is how Elefsis begins. i look silently at those who have left for their better lives overseas, i remain silent. 18 min read, 29 min listen. Silently and Very Fast is one of them. However, "For the Time Being" ("A Christmas Oratorio") and … It is not a retelling of an existing fairy tale in a semi-modern context, like. a child trying to grow up. They include citations I found interesting or enlightening or particularly well-written. [I can't be the only one troubled by the theme of incest that runs through several of Valente's books? See 2 questions about Silently and Very Fast…, Popsugar 2020 - A Book with a Robot, Cyborg, and/or AI, Ceridwen said in her review of Valente's Palimsest, The Girl Who Circumnavigated Fairyland in a Ship of Her Own Making. It has science-fictiony parts and fantasyish parts and fairytailish parts and love stores and artificial intelligence and gods and machine dreams. It is probably no coincidence that the night I finished. 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