![]() ![]() ![]() Its Otherness required contemplation, attentive to the subtle graces of Shawl’s writing and listening to her viewpoint. But it still baffled me in its unfamiliarity and its thematic focus. I had no regrets reading it I appreciated it. Yet, I somehow felt unfulfilled after completing the collection. ![]() Award, Shawl’s collection did not go unnoticed within the critical community. Nominated for a World Fantasy Award and winning the James Tiptree Jr. Filter House is significant in both its quality and its revelation of a culturally non-dominant perspective (particularly within the SFF community). Reading it, I realized that promise was no exaggeration. A short story collection by Nisi Shawl, its description and critical blurbs promised rich literary fantasy from a talented and distinctive voice that was new to me. Approximately nine years ago, while browsing a local library’s new release section, I came across Filter House. ![]()
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