Author: Monte Lin
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The Shortlist for April 25, 2025
Nonfiction by Elizabeth Jannuzzi, Juliet Gelfman-Randazzo and Taffy Brodesser-Akner. Fiction by Andrea Bishop, Samanta Schweblin, Monte Lin, Bob Johnson, Fionnuala Meehan, and Éva Székely
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Causality Syndrome by Monte Lin
This is my favourite kind of science fiction – big ideas used to explore big themes on a very personal scale. This is a first-contact story that explores all kinds of unforeseen consequences of faster-than-light travel. It’s reminiscent of both Cixin Liu and Ted Chiang. If you had asked Miriam about tachyons before the First…