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The Things

Peter Watts

First published January 2010
Type Short Fiction
Length Short Story

Notes

Has 6881 words according to the Clarke's World web site

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Awards

YearAwardCategoryStatus
2010 British Science Fiction Award Best Short Fiction Nominee/Finalist
2011 Hugo Award Best Short Story Nominee/Finalist
2011 Locus Poll Award Best Short Story Runner-up
2011 Shirley Jackson Award Best Short Fiction Winner
2011 Theodore Sturgeon Memorial Award Best Short Science Fiction Nominee/Finalist
2012 Locus Online 21st Century Short Story Nominee/Finalist

Publications (27)

Date Publication Publisher Type Page
January 2010 Clarkesworld Magazine, January 2010 Wyrm Publishing MAGAZINE
January 2010 Clarkesworld Magazine Podcast, January 2010 Wyrm Publishing MAGAZINE
March 2011 The Best Science Fiction and Fantasy of the Year Volume Five Night Shade Books Anthology 471
March 2011 The Best Science Fiction and Fantasy of the Year Volume Five Night Shade Books Anthology
June 2011 The Year's Best Science Fiction & Fantasy: 2011 Edition Prime Books Anthology 352
June 2011 Escape Pod, EP298 Escape Artists, Inc. MAGAZINE
July 2011 The Year's Best Science Fiction: Twenty-Eighth Annual Collection St. Martin's Griffin Anthology 58
July 2011 The Year's Best Science Fiction: Twenty-Eighth Annual Collection St. Martin's Griffin Anthology 58
July 2011 The Soundproof Escape Pod, #9 Escape Artists, Inc. MAGAZINE 31
July 2011 The Year's Top Ten Tales of Science Fiction 3 Infinivox Anthology |2
July 2011 The Year's Top Ten Tales of Science Fiction 3 Infinivox Anthology |2
August 2011 The Year's Top Ten Tales of Science Fiction 3 Infinivox Anthology |2
August 2011 The Year's Best Dark Fantasy and Horror: 2011 Edition Prime Books Anthology 408
August 2011 The Year's Best Dark Fantasy and Horror: 2011 Edition Prime Books Anthology |25
September 2011 The Mammoth Book of Best New SF 24 Robinson Anthology 64
January 2012 The Year's Best Science Fiction: Twenty-Eighth Annual Collection St. Martin's Press / SFBC Anthology 58
June 2013 Clarkesworld: Year Four Wyrm Publishing Anthology 251
July 2013 Clarkesworld: Year Four (Clarkesworld Anthology Book 4) Wyrm Publishing Anthology
November 2013 Beyond the Rift Tachyon Publications Collection 1
November 2013 Beyond the Rift Tachyon Publications Collection
September 2015 The Humanity of Monsters ChiZine Publications Anthology 63
October 2016 Things from Outer Space Baen Books Anthology 101
February 2019 The Very Best of the Best: 35 Years of The Year's Best Science Fiction St. Martin's Griffin Anthology 377|17
February 2019 The Very Best of the Best: 35 Years of The Year's Best Science Fiction St. Martin's Griffin Anthology 377
February 2019 The Very Best of the Best: 35 Years of The Year's Best Science Fiction St. Martin's Griffin Anthology 377|17
February 2019 The Very Best of the Best: 35 Years of The Year's Best Science Fiction Macmillan Audio Anthology |17
July 2019 Escape Pod, #690 Escape Artists, Inc. MAGAZINE