The Man Who Bridged the Mist is a science fiction/fantasy novella by Kij Johnson. It was first published in Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine in October/November 2011, and subsequently republished in The Year's Best Science Fiction: Twenty-Ninth Annual Collection, in The Best Science Fiction and Fantasy of the Year: Volume 6, in The Year's Best Science Fiction & Fantasy 2012, in Nebula Awards Showcase 2013, in Johnson's collection At the Mouth of the River of Bees, and as a chapbook from Phoenix Pick.Bibliography: The Man Who Bridged the Mist, at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database; retrieved September 7, 2014 In 2013, a Persian version was published by Parian Publications. ‘The Man Who Bridged the Mist’ to Hit Iranian Bookshelves, at the Iran Book News Agency; published November 6, 2013; retrieved September 7, 2014
Synopsis 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 a suspension bridge.
Reception "Bridged" won the 2012 Hugo Award for Best Novella2012 Hugo Awards , at TheHugoAwards.org; retrieved September 7, 2014 and the 2011 Nebula Award for Best Novella.Nebula Award Winners: 1965 – 2011, at Science Fiction Writers of America; retrieved September 7, 2014 As well, it was a finalist for the 2011 Theodore Sturgeon Award; however, Johnson withdrew it from consideration, as she was a Sturgeon juror.2012 Sturgeon Award Finalists, at Locus; published May 22, 2012; retrieved September 7, 2014
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".The Man Who Bridged the Mist, by Ken Liu, at KenLiu.name; published March 7, 2012; retrieved September 7, 2014
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External links Story history and reprints at Internet Speculative Fiction Database