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By: Aliette de Bodard » Blog Archive » Hugo recommendations

Aliette de Bodard » Blog Archive » Hugo recommendations — Mon, 22 Feb 2010 19:12:41 +0000

[...] fluid writing style that allows her to move smoothly from a humorous, whimsical story like “Teaching a Pink Elephant to Ski” to more sombre subject matters like the plague-wracked world of “59 Beads”. My only [...]

By: Fantasy Magazine » The Pink Elephant In The Room

Fantasy Magazine » The Pink Elephant In The Room — Wed, 06 May 2009 22:33:48 +0000

[...] then there’s Teaching a Pink Elephant to Ski by Rochita Loenen-Ruiz. This is speculative fiction that veers away from the conservative view of [...]

By: Rae Bryant

Rae Bryant — Mon, 27 Apr 2009 22:22:18 +0000

Fun!

By: Joanne Hall

Joanne Hall — Mon, 23 Feb 2009 10:40:53 +0000

Wonderful story, just the thing to cheer me up on a gloomy morning!

love

joey (hierath)

By: Jason Fischer

Jason Fischer — Wed, 11 Feb 2009 03:43:23 +0000

Dare I ask, was this a trunk story?
[groan]

Fun stuff, loved it.

By: Randy Henderson

Randy Henderson — Wed, 04 Feb 2009 22:51:07 +0000

Hmmm. Am I more envious of the story itself, or that you wrote it at Villa Diodati? Tough call.

Either way, I hope it will help reverse the increasingly popular trend of Toy Elephant breeds. They may look adorable in one’s purse, and are handy at fishing out your keys with their trunk, but they are really nothing like true elephants.

Cheers,

Randy

By: Catherine J Gardner

Catherine J Gardner — Wed, 04 Feb 2009 16:50:40 +0000

Fabulous. I just knew I was going to love it from the moment I read the title.

By: Kara Gnome

Kara Gnome — Wed, 04 Feb 2009 14:59:20 +0000

Excellent story! And it is all about the elephant, that’s so true .

I got a big kick out of this from start to finish; super story!

By: Robert Kluiters

Robert Kluiters — Tue, 03 Feb 2009 23:48:56 +0000

Hi Chie,

After reading your story I took my Feather skiing on an artificial indoor skiing ramp nearby.
The place wasn’t exactly designed on handling her momentum though: she crashed through the main entrance and hit a DHL truck just passing on the street outside. Luckily no one got hurt but I think for now I’ll just stick with her weekly ballet classes.

Regards to Joël, Sam & Jan

By: Sara Genge

Sara Genge — Tue, 03 Feb 2009 22:57:46 +0000

Rochita: this story is a blast. I’m not surprised you got it published. I haven’t had so much fun reading a short story in a long time. Any more of your stuff come out recently? I’m in the mood for more…

Ruth, is that what it’s called? I suddenly feel so important…