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Naming the Flowers

Kate Wilhelm

First published June 1992
Type Short Fiction
Length Novella

Synopsis

<b>From the rear cover of the Axolotl Press TPB:</b> "By any other name... - When Winston Seton abandoned his publishing firm for a few weeks, he wanted to leave it call behind. The stress. The deadlines. <p>The mistakes. <p>Then, on a beach in Atlantic City, he meets a little girl. A girl too little to be on her own and too big not to know better than to trust strange men. A girl who asks him for ice cream and sits beside him on a sea wall watching the sunrise before disappearing among the people ont the beach. <p>Near Middletown, he meets Jeremy Kersh of the FBI. A man looking for the same girl, claiming that she is the missing granddaughter of millionaire Joe Milliken. But the child Kersh seeks is two years old. <p>The girl in Atlantic City is four. <p>Another mistake? <p>Or something far more bizarre, something nameless the FBI want to keep secret and will stop at nothing to obtain? <p>A story of love and the rediscovery of life by Hugo and Nebula sward-winning author Kate Wilhelm, one of the most vibrant and thought-provoking voices in fiction."

Awards

YearAwardCategoryStatus
1993 HOMer Award Novella Nominee/Finalist
1993 Hugo Award Best Novella Nominee/Finalist
1993 Locus Poll Award Best Novella Nominee/Finalist
1994 Nebula Award Novella Nominee/Finalist

Publications (10)

Date Publication Publisher Type Page
June 1992 Naming the Flowers Axolotl Press / Pulphouse Publishing Chapbook
June 1992 Naming the Flowers Axolotl Press / Pulphouse Publishing Chapbook
June 1992 Naming the Flowers Axolotl Press / Pulphouse Publishing Chapbook
June 1992 Naming the Flowers Axolotl Press / Pulphouse Publishing Chapbook
February 1993 The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, February 1993 Mercury Press, Inc. MAGAZINE 108
June 1993 The Year's Best Science Fiction: Tenth Annual Collection St. Martin's Press Anthology 448
June 1993 The Year's Best Science Fiction: Tenth Annual Collection St. Martin's Press Anthology 448
September 1993 Best New SF 7 Robinson Anthology 448
September 1993 The Year's Best Science Fiction: Tenth Annual Collection St. Martin's Press / SFBC Anthology 448
March 2020 Masters of Science Fiction: Kate Wilhelm, Volume 1 Centipede Press Collection 197