When an alien spacecraft crashes into a swamp on the US Atlantic coast, the fates of the humanoid surviving crew members are described as they separate and attempt to avoid discovery by blending into the American public.
| Year | Award | Category | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1994 | Hugo Award | Best Novel | Nominee/Finalist |
| 1994 | Locus Poll Award | Best SF Novel | Nominee/Finalist |
| 1994 | Nebula Award | Novel | Nominee/Finalist |
| 1994 | SF Chronicle Award | Novel | Runner-up |
| Date | Publication | Publisher | Type | Page | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| October 1992 |
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The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, October-November 1992 | Mercury Press, Inc. | MAGAZINE | 147 |
| March 1993 |
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Hard Landing | Questar / Warner Books | Novel | 1 |
| May 1993 |
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Millemondiestate 1993: Un romanzo breve e 11 racconti | Mondadori | Anthology | 263 |
| October 1993 |
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Hard Landing | Questar / Warner Books / SFBC | Novel | |
| March 1998 |
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Harte Landung | Heyne | Novel | |
| September 2011 |
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Hard Landing | Gateway / Orion | Novel | |
| January 2014 |
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The Iron Thorn / Michaelmas / Hard Landing | Gollancz / Orion | Omnibus | 275 |
| January 2014 |
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The Iron Thorn / Michaelmas / Hard Landing | Gateway / Orion | Omnibus | |
| February 2016 |
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Hard Landing | Open Road Integrated Media | Novel | |
| January 2019 |
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Hard Landing | Blackstone Audio | Novel | |
| January 2019 |
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Hard Landing | Blackstone Audio | Novel | |
| January 2019 |
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Hard Landing | Blackstone Audio | Novel | |
| January 2019 |
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Hard Landing | Blackstone Publishing | Novel |