The Man Who Bridged the Mist is ascience fiction/fantasynovella byKij Johnson. It was first published inIsaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine in October/November 2011, and subsequently republished inThe Year's Best Science Fiction: Twenty-Ninth Annual Collection, inThe Best Science Fiction and Fantasy of the Year: Volume 6, inThe Year's Best Science Fiction & Fantasy 2012, inNebula Awards Showcase 2013, in Johnson's collectionAt the Mouth of the River of Bees, and as achapbook from Phoenix Pick.[1] In 2013, aPersian version was published by Parian Publications.[2]
A vast Empire is split by an enormous river filled with a semisolid corrosive mist that is home to monsters... until Kit Meinem arrives to build asuspension bridge.
"Bridged" won the 2012Hugo Award for Best Novella[3] and the 2011Nebula Award for Best Novella.[4] As well, it was a finalist for the 2011Theodore Sturgeon Award; however, Johnson withdrew it from consideration, as she was a Sturgeon juror.[5]
Ken Liu describes the story as "hover(ing) half way between science fiction and fantasy," stating that he likes "the way the precise nature of the mist is never made clear".[6]
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