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Ted Chiang

First published August 1991
Type Short Fiction
Length Novelette

Notes

First published in Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine, August 1991.

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Awards

YearAwardCategoryStatus
1992 Asimov's Readers' Poll Best Novelette Winner
1992 Hugo Award Best Novelette Nominee/Finalist
1992 Locus Poll Award Best Novelette Nominee/Finalist
2012 Locus Online 20th Century Novelette Nominee/Finalist

Publications (26)

Date Publication Publisher Type Page
August 1991 Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine, August 1991 Davis Publications MAGAZINE 86
January 2002 Supermen St. Martin's Press Anthology 97
January 2002 Supermen St. Martin's Press Anthology 97
July 2002 Stories of Your Life and Others Tor Collection 45
August 2002 Stories of Your Life and Others St. Martin's Press Collection
November 2002 The Hard SF Renaissance Tor Anthology 699
December 2002 The Hard SF Renaissance Tor / SFBC Anthology 699
July 2003 Stories of Your Life and Others Orb Collection 45
October 2003 The Hard SF Renaissance Orb Anthology 699
February 2004 Stories of Your Life and Others Tor / Pan Macmillan UK Collection
January 2005 Stories of Your Life and Others Tor / Pan Macmillan UK Collection
October 2010 Stories of Your Life and Others Small Beer Press Collection 29
October 2010 Stories of Your Life and Others Small Beer Press Collection
April 2011 Supermen St. Martin's Press Anthology |97
April 2011 The Hard SF Renaissance Orb Anthology 699
February 2014 Stories of Your Life and Others Tantor Audio Collection |45
May 2015 Stories of Your Life and Others Picador Collection 35
June 2016 Stories of Your Life and Others Vintage Books Collection 29
June 2016 Stories of Your Life and Others Vintage Books Collection 29
November 2016 Arrival Vintage Books Collection
November 2016 Arrival Picador Collection 35
November 2016 Arrival Picador Collection 35
November 2016 Arrival Picador Collection |20
April 2018 Stories of Your Life and Others Subterranean Press Collection 43
June 2020 Stories of Your Life and Others Picador Collection 35
March 2024 Stories of Your Life and Others Picador Collection