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Movement: A Short Story
by
Nancy Fulda (Goodreads Author)
This short story has been nominated for a Nebula Award. When her concerned parents investigate a neurological treatment that could change her life forever, Hannah must decide who she really is -- and who she wishes to become. Originally published in the March 2011 issue of Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine.
Kindle Edition, 11 pages
Published
2011
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This is the story of Hannah, a girl with temporal autism, a futur-y version of the sort of autism spectrum disorders people have now. She sees the world in a different way, and seems to have a different sense of time than those around her.
Her parents are faced with a decision. If they try an experimental treatment on their daughter, she will likely be able to lead a normal life, but her special abilities will be gone. If they do nothing, there is a chance she will someday be considered brillian...more
Her parents are faced with a decision. If they try an experimental treatment on their daughter, she will likely be able to lead a normal life, but her special abilities will be gone. If they do nothing, there is a chance she will someday be considered brillian...more
Read as part of the 2012 Hugo voter packet.
Hannah is a young girl with temporal autism; it takes days or weeks for her to formulate and deliver the perfect answer to a question, by which time everyone has moved on. A side effect of Hannah’s condition is her incredible ballet dancing ability. Hannah’s parents are faced with a decision – to try an experimental gene therapy which may cure Hannah at the cost of her dancing ability, or to watch as she grows up in a world where she’s different from ev...more
Hannah is a young girl with temporal autism; it takes days or weeks for her to formulate and deliver the perfect answer to a question, by which time everyone has moved on. A side effect of Hannah’s condition is her incredible ballet dancing ability. Hannah’s parents are faced with a decision – to try an experimental gene therapy which may cure Hannah at the cost of her dancing ability, or to watch as she grows up in a world where she’s different from ev...more
Even though I read this story in about 15 minutes while I was putting off studying, Movement made quite an impression on me. I happen to know less than the average person about autism, (meaning... I know NOTHING) but it wasn't hard to figure out. She sees time and the world as something that's constantly moving, changing, and speaking seems... futile. Why waste the time and effort trying to keep up with a conversation that's merely ephimeral and will have no lasting impact on anything in the end...more
This is a beautifully written story about an autistic girl, the proposed treatment her parents are offered to cure her, and their mutual decision about it. One of the messages is that autistic people are not ill in a traditional sense, and that they do not necessarily need to be “cured” to have meaningful lives. It’s a story with food for thought from someone who obviously has had experience with an autistic person.
Currently reading through the hugo-nominated short stories for 2012. Like many of this year's nominations, this story deals with family and parent-child relationships. I loved the little futuristic elements and the vastly different perspective but unfortunately that also meant I wasn't able to connect to the viewpoint quite as well as I'd have liked. Still a great story though with a lot of depth.
Nancy Fulda writes like poet and writes about Autism and Science Fiction in a different point of view. You can read the never-ending growth of her talent in this short story. A great short read for lovers of general sci fi with a unique twist.
Short story, read online.
The story is told from an interesting perspective, raising issues of communication and identity. Do "treatments" to make us fit in fundamentally alter who we are?
The story is told from an interesting perspective, raising issues of communication and identity. Do "treatments" to make us fit in fundamentally alter who we are?
I don't read many short stories, but I'm glad I did read this one. It's beautiful, brilliant — well worthy of the nominations it got.
You can read the story free from the author's website.
You can read the story free from the author's website.
Excellent. A serious short story that helps the reader see certain things in a new light.
Anyone who has had any interactions with people who see the world differently should enjoy this story.
Anyone who has had any interactions with people who see the world differently should enjoy this story.
Reviewed as part of the 2012 Hugo packet.
Deceptively simply written, this one is beautiful. The short length was right for it, and it felt complete.
Deceptively simply written, this one is beautiful. The short length was right for it, and it felt complete.
Available for free on the author's website
Neither as profound or as touching as it wants to be, sadly. Good intentions and decent writing, but a bit mawkish and cliched.
A neat little idea. Good as a short story, but I would certainly read more about the protagonist.
I liked this story a great deal. Simple, imaginative and thought provoking!
Very lovely, truthful and thought provoking.
The writing's nice, but there's nothing new here.
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Nancy Fulda is a Phobos Award Winner, a Vera Hickley Mayhew Award Recipient, and the chief administrator of AnthologyBuilder. She also worked as the assistant editor of Jim Baen's Universe, which at the time was the highest-paying genre market for speculative fiction.
She earned her Master's Degree in Computer Science from Brigham Young University, and has published several IEEE conference papers o...more
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She earned her Master's Degree in Computer Science from Brigham Young University, and has published several IEEE conference papers o...more
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