*Nominated for a 2006 Parsec Award in the Best Speculative Fiction Story (short form) category.

This impressive little tale features Penguin, a balloon animal, striving to understand the world in which he was created. Once again Eugie Foster proves, beyond a doubt, that she is truly a prolific writer with the ability to craft an interesting story from any topic.

—Joseph W. Dickerson, Aberrant Dreams #7, Spring 2006

*Nominated for a 2006 Parsec Award in the Best Speculative Fiction Story (short form) category.

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Winner of the 2009 Nebula Award for Best Novelette and nominated for the 2010 Hugo Award for Best Novelette.

yet another in a run of massively inventive, intelligent stories from Eugie.
—Alasdair Stuart

one of the most beautifully crafted stories I’ve ever read
—Nora Heineman-Fleck, “The Best Podcasted Short Fiction of this Year”

The worldbuilding in this is among the best I’ve ever seen, easing you into this strange world at just the right pace so that it’s neither boring or too confusing…This one is nominated for this year’s Hugo award, and I really think it deserves it.
—David Steffen, Diabolical Plots

…each section of the story is a heightened emotional experience. The intensity of this story was spectacularly captured by Lawrence Santoro, who narrated in a dramatic manner that reminds me of Harlan Ellison. Bravo to author and narrator – a perfect match. A great story, truly worthy of a Nebula.
—Scott D. Danielson, SFFAudio.com

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engaging and charming, and not without incidental unexpected twists that give the story unusual immediacy.

—Paul S. Jenkins, The Fix