Terry Bisson's "Bears Discover Fire" (short story, non-genre, free)
I don't really get what makes this story so famous. May be it touches some US specific cord, & has local appeal there.
It's not a bad story, though. A non-genre story about the life of a family with dying mother, with some interesting observations.
There is an attempt to make the clearly non-genre story genre that didn't really work for me. We're told in parts of US countryside, bears have discovered the secret of fire, & make campfires at night.
Read full text at Scribd.
Rating: B.
Winner of 1991 Hugo Award in short story category.
Winner of 1990 Nebula Award in short story category.
Related: Stories of Terry Bisson.
It's not a bad story, though. A non-genre story about the life of a family with dying mother, with some interesting observations.
There is an attempt to make the clearly non-genre story genre that didn't really work for me. We're told in parts of US countryside, bears have discovered the secret of fire, & make campfires at night.
Fact sheet.
First published: Asimov's, August 1990.Read full text at Scribd.
Rating: B.
Winner of 1991 Hugo Award in short story category.
Winner of 1990 Nebula Award in short story category.
Related: Stories of Terry Bisson.
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