Georgia On My Mind (novelette)
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"Georgia on My Mind" is a novelette
by Charles Sheffield
which won both the Hugo Award for Best Novelette
and the Nebula Award
in 1994.
The novelette involves two major themes: being widowed and the quest for a legendary Babbage
computer. The "Georgia" of the title is the remote South Georgia Island which lies just north of Antarctica. The story, perhaps, resonates with the author being a widower when writing it.
Novelette
A novelette is a piece of short prose fiction. The distinction between a novelette and other literary forms is usually based upon word count, with a novelette being longer than a short story, but shorter than a novella...
by Charles Sheffield
Charles Sheffield
Charles Sheffield , was an English-born mathematician, physicist and science fiction author. He had been a President of the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America and of the American Astronautical Society....
which won both the Hugo Award for Best Novelette
Hugo Award for Best Novelette
The Hugo Awards are given every year by the World Science Fiction Society for the best science fiction or fantasy works and achievements of the previous year. The award is named after Hugo Gernsback, the founder of the pioneering science fiction magazine Amazing Stories, and was once officially...
and the Nebula Award
Nebula Award
The Nebula Award is given each year by the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America , for the best science fiction/fantasy fiction published in the United States during the previous year...
in 1994.
The novelette involves two major themes: being widowed and the quest for a legendary Babbage
Charles Babbage
Charles Babbage, FRS was an English mathematician, philosopher, inventor and mechanical engineer who originated the concept of a programmable computer...
computer. The "Georgia" of the title is the remote South Georgia Island which lies just north of Antarctica. The story, perhaps, resonates with the author being a widower when writing it.