Elemental (story)

"Elemental" is a science fiction/fantasy novella by Geoffrey A. Landis. It was first published in Analog Science Fiction, in December 1984.[1]

Synopsis

In a late 21st century where magic has been systematized and incorporated into technology, two graduate students and their advisors discover the signs of an imminent disaster.

Reception

"Elemental" was nominated for the 1985 Hugo Award for Best Novella.[2]

The SF Site describes it as having a "Connie Willis-rewrites-Heinlein's-Magic, Inc. flavour", but notes that it "doesn't quite work".[3] John Grant, writing at Infinity Plus, judged it to be "a piece of (relative) juvenilia", "clumsy", and "a bit of an embarrassment",[4] and observed that Landis has admitted to having "mixed feelings about" the story.[5]

References

  1. ↑ "Elemental" at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database; retrieved June 17, 2017
  2. ↑ 1985 Hugo Awards, at TheHugoAwards.org; retrieved June 17, 2017
  3. ↑ Impact Parameter and other Quantum Realities, by Geoffrey A. Landis; reviewed by Greg L. Johnson, at the SF Site; published 2001; retrieved June 17, 2017
  4. ↑ Impact Parameter, and Other Quantum Realities, by Geoffrey A Landis, reviewed by John Grant, at Infinity Plus; published March 16, 2002; retrieved June 17, 2017
  5. ↑ Impact Parameter and Other Quantum Realities, by Geoffrey Landis, published by Golden Gryphon Press in 2001; "Elemental was my first published story. I have mixed feelings about it now. With sixteen years of hindsight, it seems to me that the story is a little crude, the plot a little naive. But then, when I wrote it, I didn't know what I was doing."
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