Review: Hugo award winning story - 'For want of a nail'
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 01 31, 2012
Winning a Hugo for best short story is probably recommendation enough but I am going to add my redundant praises anyway."For Want of a Nail"by Mary Robinette Kowal was quite simply one of the best short stories I have ever read because it was so... interactive. And that effect was deliberate. Therein lies the mastery - the more you think about what she does not say the more 'ah hah' moments you get.Am I going to tell you what my`ah hah' moments were?Nope, sorry. Reading `For want of a nail' is an experience in the true sense of the word and spoilers would be criminal. I've probably said too much already. Just read it. Magic does happen.