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New Amsterdam

Elizabeth Bear

First published 2007
Publisher Subterranean Press
Format Hardcover
Type Novel
ISBN 9781596061064
Cover art Patrick Arrasmith
Pages 267

Notes

Author's website describes this as "an alternate history mosaic novel" but also categorises it in "Short Story Collections".

Month from Locus1
States "First edition" on copyright page.
No printing number line.
A kind of fix-up. Copyright page states "Portions of New Amsterdam appeared in somewhat different form in Interzone and Subterranean."
Cover artist credit per copyright page and rear cover.
No Table of Contents. The book is divided into named parts rather than chapters. These are: Lucifugous (p. 7); Wax (p. 63); Wane (p. 91); Limerent (p. 113); Chatoyant (p. 151); Lumière (p. 203). Each part is a self-contained story; all part of a larger story.

Awards

Year Award Category Status
2008 Gaylactic Spectrum Awards Best Novel Nominee/Finalist
2008 Locus Poll Award Best Collection Nominee/Finalist

Other Editions

Title Year Publisher Format Type Catalog ID Cover Artist Pages
New Amsterdam Cover 2008 Far Territories Trade Paperback Novel Patrick Arrasmith 267
New Amsterdam Cover 2010 Subterranean Press eBook Novel Patrick Arrasmith