Ej-Es
| First published | August 2003 |
|---|---|
| Type | Short Fiction |
| Length | Short Story |
Notes
7199 words (source: Lightspeed magazine)
The title of Ej-Es by Nancy Kress is listed as "Ej-Es" when published in Lightspeed. Within the story it's "Ej-es" most of the time and "ej-es" once. It's an utterance, word, or phrase in an unknown, alien to Earth, language.
In the e-book version of STARS it's EJ-ES on both the ToC and start of story.
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Awards
| Year | Award | Category | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2004 | Locus Poll Award | Best Short Story | Nominee/Finalist |
Publications (19)
| Date | Publication | Publisher | Type | Page |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 2003 | Stars: Original Stories Based on the Songs of Janis Ian | DAW Books | Anthology | 319 |
| June 2004 | Year's Best SF 9 | Eos / HarperCollins | Anthology | 74 |
| June 2004 | Year's Best SF 9 | Eos / HarperCollins / SFBC | Anthology | 74 |
| July 2004 | The Year's Best Science Fiction: Twenty-First Annual Collection | St. Martin's Griffin | Anthology | 108 |
| July 2004 | The Year's Best Science Fiction: Twenty-First Annual Collection | St. Martin's Griffin / SFBC | Anthology | 127 |
| July 2004 | The Year's Best Science Fiction: Twenty-First Annual Collection | St. Martin's Griffin | Anthology | 108 |
| September 2004 | Stars: Original Stories Based on the Songs of Janis Ian | DAW Books | Anthology | 329 |
| November 2004 | The Mammoth Book of Best New Science Fiction: 17th Annual Collection | Robinson | Anthology | 118 |
| July 2007 | Escape Pod, EP116 | Escape Artists, Inc. | MAGAZINE | |
| May 2008 | Nano Comes to Clifford Falls and Other Stories | Golden Gryphon Press | Collection | 150 |
| October 2009 | Year's Best SF 9 | HarperCollins e-books | Anthology | |74 |
| November 2010 | Lightspeed, November 2010 | Prime Books | MAGAZINE | |8 |
| November 2010 | Lightspeed Podcast, November 2010 | Prime Books | MAGAZINE | |3 |
| September 2011 | The Mammoth Book of Best New Science Fiction: 17th Annual Collection | Robinson | Anthology | |118 |
| November 2011 | Lightspeed: Year One | Prime Books | Anthology | 289 |
| January 2014 | Stars: Original Stories Based on the Songs of Janis Ian | Lucky Bat Books | Anthology | |20 |
| January 2014 | Stars: The Anthology | Lucky Bat Books | Anthology | |
| October 2014 | The Mammoth Book of SF Stories by Women | Robinson | Anthology | |
| December 2014 | The Mammoth Book of SF Stories by Women | Running Press | Anthology | 283 |