Lake of Souls

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"Lake of Souls" is a 2024 science fiction short story by Ann Leckie. It was first published in her collection Lake of Souls.

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Synopsis

A stranded human anthropologist wanders an alien planet, and encounters a native, who is on a quest regarding souls, names, and personhood.

Reception

"Lake of Souls" is a finalist for the 2025 Hugo Award for Best Novelette. [1] In Locus , Gary K. Wolfe called it "surprisingly moving". [2] Writing in Reactor , Natalie Zutter suggested that readers who are uncomfortable with "humans' tendency to assert what folks today call Main Character Energy" may "be more likely to identify with the lobster-dogs (...) than [with] the human anthropologists". [3]

References

  1. ↑ 2025 Hugo Awards, at TheHugoAwards.org; retrieved July 15, 2025
  2. ↑ Gary K. Wolfe Reviews Lake of Souls: The Collected Short Fiction by Ann Leckie, by Gary K. Wolfe, in Locus ; published April 7, 2024; retrieved July 15, 2025
  3. ↑ Ann Leckie Dredges Up Short Fiction Treasures in Her New Collection Lake of Souls, by Natalie Zutter, at Reactor ; published May 23, 2024; retrieved July 15, 2025
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