| 词条 | Ponies (short story) |
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"Ponies" is a 2010 fantasy story by American writer Kij Johnson. It was first published on Tor.com. Plot summaryBarbara, like all little girls, has a magic talking pony with wings and a horn. She is invited to a ritual "cutting-out party", where she must destroy two of the three things that make her pony special. Reception"Ponies" won the 2010 Nebula Award for Best Short Story,[1] (tied with "How Interesting: A Tiny Man" by Harlan Ellison), and was nominated for the Hugo Award for Best Short Story[2] and the World Fantasy Award for Best Short Story.[3] Strange Horizons called the story a "grotesque".[4]Lois Tilton considered the story to be "Highly Unsubtle."[5] Chad Orzel described the story as "just dreadful", based on a central idea that was "preposterously contrived" and "a gigantic and unsubtle literalized metaphor", and with "essentially no plot."[6]References1. ^Nebula Award Winners, at Science Fiction Writers of America; retrieved April 3, 2014 2. ^2011 Hugo Finalists, by Patrick Nielsen Hayden, at Tor.com; published April 24, 2011; retrieved April 3, 2014 3. ^2011 World Fantasy Award Winners & Nominees {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130112224238/http://www.worldfantasy.org/awards/2011.html |date=2013-01-12 }}, at WorldFantasy.org; retrieved April 3, 2014 4. ^At the Mouth of the River of Bees by Kij Johnson, reviewed by Dan Hartland, at Strange Horizons; published October 3 2012; retrieved August 3, 2016 5. ^Lois Tilton Reviews Short Fiction, by Lois Tilton, at Locus Online; published 30 November 2010; retrieved June 9, 2015 6. ^Short Story Club: “Ponies,” by Kij Johnson, by Chad Orzel, at ScienceBlogs; published May 28, 2011; retrieved June 9, 2015 External links
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