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Bone Dance

Emma Bull

First published May 1991
Type Novel

In a dystopian post-nuclear-war American city, a scavenger of pre-apocalyptic video and audio recordings and equipment becomes enmeshed in a struggle between humans who had been created by the military before the war with the ability to transfer between bodies at will, and the spirits summoned by Voodoo practitioners attempting to repair society to the benefit of humanity.

YearAwardCategoryStatus
1992 Hugo Award Best Novel Runner-up
1992 Locus Poll Award Best SF Novel Nominee/Finalist
1992 Nebula Award Novel Nominee/Finalist
1992 Philip K. Dick Award Philip K. Dick Award Nominee/Finalist
1992 World Fantasy Award Best Novel Nominee/Finalist

Date Publication Publisher Type Page
May 1991 Cover Bone Dance Ace Books Novel 1
July 1991 Cover Bone Dance Ace Books / SFBC Novel
July 2009 Cover Bone Dance: A Fantasy for Technophiles Orb Novel
April 2010 Cover Bone Dance: A Fantasy for Technophiles Orb Novel