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Exile's End

Carolyn Ives Gilman

First published August 2020
Type Short Fiction
Length Novelette
Series The Twenty Planets

Synopsis

Exile's End is a complex, sometimes uncomfortable examination of artifact repatriation and cultural appropriation. An artifact of indescribable and irreplaceable beauty created by an "extinct" culture has been the basis of another culture's origin stories. The race who created the artifact has survived on a distant world and has sent a representative to reclaim it, throwing everything into question.

Notes

13,388 words

External Links

tor.com

Awards

YearAwardCategoryStatus
2021 Hugo Award Best Novelette Nominee/Finalist

Publications (13)

Date Publication Publisher Type Page
August 2020 Tor.com, August 12 2020 Tor.com MAGAZINE |1
August 2020 Exile's End Tor Chapbook
January 2021 Some of the Best from Tor.com: 2020 Edition Tor.com Anthology |36
September 2021 The Year's Top Tales of Space and Time Infinivox Anthology |8
September 2021 The Year's Top Tales of Space and Time Infinivox Anthology 141
January 2022 The Best Science Fiction of the Year: Volume 6 Night Shade Books Anthology 243
January 2022 The Best Science Fiction of the Year: Volume 6 Night Shade Books Anthology 243
February 2022 The Best Science Fiction of the Year: Volume 6 Night Shade Books Anthology |243
February 2022 The Best Science Fiction of the Year: Volume 6 Recorded Books Anthology |243
February 2022 The Best Science Fiction of the Year: Volume 6 Recorded Books and Blackstone Publishing Anthology |243
June 2022 The Long List Anthology: Volume 7 Diabolical Plots Anthology 399
July 2022 The Long List Anthology: Volume 7 Diabolical Plots Anthology 399
July 2023 Some of the Best from Tor.com: 15th Anniversary Edition Tor.com Anthology |25