Details
Title: Bears Discover Fire
Author: Terry Bisson
Length: short story
First Publication: Asimov’s Science Fiction, 1990
Awards: 1991 Hugo Award for Best Short Story, 1990 Nebula Award for Best Short Story, 1991 Asimov’s Reader’s Award, 1991 Locus Magazine Award, 1991 The Theodore Sturgeon Memorial Award, World Fantasy Award Nomination for Best Short Story 1991
What the Story is About: This is not hard science fiction in the least, but it’s an excellent story in which bears have indeed discovered fire and are camping on highway medians. That’s not really what the story is about – family relationships and growing old – but it provides the framework.
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