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Venice Drowned

Kim Stanley Robinson

First published June 1981
Type Short Fiction
Length Novelette

Synopsis

Water levels are rising, and Venice is disappearing bit by bit. Carlo has a small boat and can bring divers to the good places in the neighborhood, where sculptures (mostly) are just sitting there, unobserved. It's better to move them to a new position, where they can be admired. This time the destination is Japan. And Carlo ends up shouting at his customers.

Notes

8,269 words

Awards

YearAwardCategoryStatus
1982 Locus Poll Award Best Short Story Nominee/Finalist
1982 Nebula Award Short Story Nominee/Finalist

Publications (19)

Date Publication Publisher Type Page
June 1981 Universe 11 Doubleday Anthology 91
July 1982 The Best Science Fiction of the Year #11 Timescape / Pocket Books Anthology 109
November 1982 The Best Science Fiction of the Year 11 Gollancz Anthology 109
January 1983 Universe 11 Zebra Books / Kensington Publishing Corp. Anthology 111
August 1983 Nebula Award Stories Seventeen Holt, Rinehart and Winston Anthology 19
June 1985 Nebula Award Stories 17 Ace Science Fiction Books Anthology 19
July 1986 The Planet on the Table Tor Collection 1
July 1987 The Planet on the Table Tor Collection 1
August 1987 The Planet on the Table Orbit / Futura Collection 1
October 1994 Remaking History and Other Stories Orb Collection 11
May 2002 Vinland the Dream and Other Stories Voyager Collection 165
July 2010 The Best of Kim Stanley Robinson Night Shade Books Collection 1
August 2010 The Best of Kim Stanley Robinson Night Shade Books Collection |1
December 2010 The Best of Kim Stanley Robinson Night Shade Books Collection 1
July 2016 Drowned Worlds Solaris Anthology 59
July 2016 Drowned Worlds Solaris Anthology 59
July 2016 Drowned Worlds Solaris Anthology
August 2017 Clarkesworld, August 2017 Wyrm Publishing MAGAZINE |7
August 2017 Clarkesworld, August 2017 Wyrm Publishing MAGAZINE 102|7