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Né łe!
A short story about dogs and space travel.
Originally published in Love Beyond Body, Space and Time: An Indigenous LGBT and two-spirit sci-fi anthology, edited by Hope Nicholson. Bedside Press, 2016.
https://galli-books.co.uk/2018/05/01/...
Originally published in Love Beyond Body, Space and Time: An Indigenous LGBT and two-spirit sci-fi anthology, edited by Hope Nicholson. Bedside Press, 2016.
https://galli-books.co.uk/2018/05/01/...
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Published May 1, 2018
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Darcie Little Badger
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May 13, 2019
Two lesbians, forty Chihuahuas and a husky on a starship making its way to Mars.
This story was sometimes tremendously funny and sometimes just really cute.
I liked the voice of the first person narrator, a Lipan Apache and veterinarian with a good sense of humor, and overall just really enjoyed the story.
Recommended, especially for people that like dogs.
You can read it here.
This story was sometimes tremendously funny and sometimes just really cute.
I liked the voice of the first person narrator, a Lipan Apache and veterinarian with a good sense of humor, and overall just really enjoyed the story.
Recommended, especially for people that like dogs.
You can read it here.
May 3, 2018
Review originally appeared on The Lesbrary.
If I told you there was a short story where two women of color fall in love in outer space, surrounded by puppies, you’d go out and buy it right away, right? No, you’d invent a time machine and go back in time and buy it five minutes before you started reading this review. That’s how badly you want cute f/f in space WITH PUPPIES.
“Né łe” by Darcie Little Badger was my favorite story in the Indigenous LGBT SFF anthology Love Beyond Body, Space, and Time, which incidentally includes at least two other f/f pieces, so if you only read f/f it’s still very much worth it.
Forty chihuahuas (and one husky!) need care when the dog stasis on the transport to Mars malfunctions and they all wake up, so the crew wakes one of the human passengers, an Apache veterinarian on her way to the Martian colony to start over after a breakup.
Since she needs to stay conscious and take care of the dogs, over the remaining months of the voyage she grows closer with the pilot, who turns out to be not only Navajo but also another lesbian. They weather the ups and downs of space travel and astronomical doggie care together, and the protagonist has a decision to make once they reach Mars. It’s well-written and easy to follow, with–and you know this is always a priority with me with SFF–approachable worldbuilding.
The world needs truckloads more stories like this one, where not only folks in the LGBT umbrella but also marginalized ethnicities (or ability levels, or marginalized faiths) get to have fluffy and imaginative adventures in space, underwater, or in magical faraway kingdoms. Thank you for this one.
If I told you there was a short story where two women of color fall in love in outer space, surrounded by puppies, you’d go out and buy it right away, right? No, you’d invent a time machine and go back in time and buy it five minutes before you started reading this review. That’s how badly you want cute f/f in space WITH PUPPIES.
“Né łe” by Darcie Little Badger was my favorite story in the Indigenous LGBT SFF anthology Love Beyond Body, Space, and Time, which incidentally includes at least two other f/f pieces, so if you only read f/f it’s still very much worth it.
Forty chihuahuas (and one husky!) need care when the dog stasis on the transport to Mars malfunctions and they all wake up, so the crew wakes one of the human passengers, an Apache veterinarian on her way to the Martian colony to start over after a breakup.
Since she needs to stay conscious and take care of the dogs, over the remaining months of the voyage she grows closer with the pilot, who turns out to be not only Navajo but also another lesbian. They weather the ups and downs of space travel and astronomical doggie care together, and the protagonist has a decision to make once they reach Mars. It’s well-written and easy to follow, with–and you know this is always a priority with me with SFF–approachable worldbuilding.
The world needs truckloads more stories like this one, where not only folks in the LGBT umbrella but also marginalized ethnicities (or ability levels, or marginalized faiths) get to have fluffy and imaginative adventures in space, underwater, or in magical faraway kingdoms. Thank you for this one.
July 8, 2022
Lesbian meet cute in space. There are dogs, 40 of them, to help things along. This short only takes a few minutes to read and is well worth the time.
https://galli-books.co.uk/2018/05/01/...
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October 19, 2024
Short and sweet!!
November 17, 2024
This story is mis-marketed. I call it two thirds love story (romance), one third science fiction. That isn't what gets my relatively low rating though. Some of Bujold's work is about half and half, and I give that four or more stars. It's just that the romance has no special reason for being, no suspense. It's lesbian; it's native American. But that in itself doesn't make it interesting for me. There's no real tension, no suspense. Two native American women on a space voyage to Mars fall in love to a small extent. The end.
Oh, I almost forgot. The science fiction. Yeah, they're going to Mars and bringing dogs, forty chihuahuas and a husky with a medical issue, as pets for the people already living on Mars. That's cool, but that's also all there is to it. Really.
On the plus side, I do like Darcie Little Badger's writing style. It's pleasant, to the point, and easy to read. If she were writing about something more worth reading, I think I could really enjoy it. This short story does not make me want to seek any of her other work out, but if I encountered some in a library, say, I'd probably take it off the shelf and check it out. Darcie Little Badger's writing is often nominated for awards. This one, I believe, was not. At least it's free and currently available on-line here: https://galli-books.co.uk/2018/05/01/...
Oh, I almost forgot. The science fiction. Yeah, they're going to Mars and bringing dogs, forty chihuahuas and a husky with a medical issue, as pets for the people already living on Mars. That's cool, but that's also all there is to it. Really.
On the plus side, I do like Darcie Little Badger's writing style. It's pleasant, to the point, and easy to read. If she were writing about something more worth reading, I think I could really enjoy it. This short story does not make me want to seek any of her other work out, but if I encountered some in a library, say, I'd probably take it off the shelf and check it out. Darcie Little Badger's writing is often nominated for awards. This one, I believe, was not. At least it's free and currently available on-line here: https://galli-books.co.uk/2018/05/01/...
June 17, 2020
That was amazing. Sweet and heart warming.
August 17, 2025
A sweet little short story about an Apache veterinarian on a space journey with forty chihuahuas and a husky.
January 12, 2020
It's short, it's fun and it combines some pretty cool stuff that I like to see in stories (cool fem* characters! space travel!). Defenitely recommended reading!
January 20, 2020
This book included a chihuahua named Doodlebug, which is my dog’s nickname 🥺😂
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