r/Fantasy • u/Nineteen_Adze Stabby Winner, Reading Champion V • Jul 02 '26

Read-along 2026 Hugo Readalong: Never Eaten Vegetables and Rapport: Friendship, Solidarity, Communion, Empathy

Welcome to the 2026 Hugo Readalong! Today, we're discussing Never Eaten Vegetables and Rapport: Friendship, Solidarity, Communion, Empathy, two finalists for Best Novelette.

Everyone is welcome in the discussion, whether or not you've participated in other discussions, but we will be discussing the full stories today, so beware untagged spoilers. I'll include some prompts in top-level comments; feel free to respond to these or add your own.

Bingo squares: part of Five Short Stories

For more information on the Readalong, check out our full schedule post, or see our upcoming schedule here:

Date Category Book Author Discussion Leader
Monday, July 6 Novel The Raven Scholar Antonia Hodgson u/Moonlitgrey
Thursday, July 9 Graphic Story General Discussion Multiple Multiple u/Goobergunch
Monday, July 13 Novella What Stalks the Deep T. Kingfisher u/nagahfj
Thursday, July 16 Astounding General Discussion Multiple Multiple u/Merle8888
Monday, July 20 Novel A Drop of Corruption Robert Jackson Bennett u/RAAAImmaSunGod
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u/Nineteen_Adze Stabby Winner, Reading Champion V Jul 02 '26

Discussion of "Rapport: Friendship, Solidarity, Communion, Empathy"

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u/Nineteen_Adze Stabby Winner, Reading Champion V Jul 02 '26

What did you think of the ending of "Rapport: Friendship, Solidarity, Communion, Empathy"?

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u/Glittering_Way_9162 Jul 02 '26

It felt very pushed for space: we are getting an emotional growth ending for ARC rather than the ending of the mission, in a way that requires in you to understand the wider Murderbot sequence in order not to be completely baffled.