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Midnight Robber

Nalo Hopkinson

First published March 2000
Type Novel

<b>From the back cover of the Warner first edition:</b> "Prisoner of New Half-Way Tree - It's carnival time and the Caribbean-colonized planet of Toussaint is celebrating with music, dance, and pageantry. Masked "Midnight Robbers" waylay revelers with brandished weapons and spellbinding words. But to young Tan-Tan, the Robber Queen is simply a favorite costume to wear at the festival - until her power-corrupted father commits and unforgivable crime. <p>Suddenly, both father and daughter are thrust into the brutal world of New Half-Way Tree. Here monstrous creatures from folklore are real, and the humans are violent outcasts in the wilds. Here Tan-Tan must reach into the heart of myth - and become the Robber Queen herself. For only the Robber Queen's legendary powers can save her life... and set her free."

YearAwardCategoryStatus
2000 James Tiptree, Jr. Award / Otherwise Award Gender-bending SF Nominee/Finalist
2001 Hugo Award Best Novel Nominee/Finalist
2001 Locus Poll Award Best SF Novel Nominee/Finalist
2001 Nebula Award Novel Nominee/Finalist
2001 Philip K. Dick Award Philip K. Dick Award Nominee/Finalist
2001 Sunburst Award for Excellence in Canadian Literature of the Fantastic Sunburst award for a Canadian novel in previous year. Nominee/Finalist

Date Publication Publisher Type Page
March 2000 Cover Midnight Robber Aspect / Warner Books Novel
December 2000 Midnight Robber Aspect / Warner Books / SFBC Novel
November 2001 Cover Ladrona de medianoche La Factoría de Ideas Novel
November 2002 Cover Urania #1452 Mondadori MAGAZINE 7
September 2012 Cover Midnight Robber Audible Frontiers Novel