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The Ugly Chickens

Howard Waldrop

First published September 1980
Type Short Fiction
Length Novelette

Synopsis

A biologist discovers clues to domestic dodo farming in the United States.

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Awards

YearAwardCategoryStatus
1981 Balrog Award Short Fiction Nominee/Finalist
1981 Hugo Award Best Novelette Nominee/Finalist
1981 Locus Poll Award Best Novelette Nominee/Finalist
1981 Nebula Award Novelette Winner
1981 World Fantasy Award Best Short Fiction Winner
2012 Locus Online 20th Century Novelette Nominee/Finalist

Publications (37)

Date Publication Publisher Type Page
September 1980 Universe 10 Doubleday Anthology 79
October 1980 Dream's Edge: Science Fiction Stories About the Future of Planet Earth Sierra Club Books Anthology 265
October 1980 Universe 10 Doubleday / SFBC Anthology 79
October 1980 Dream's Edge: Science Fiction Stories About the Future of Planet Earth Sierra Club Books Anthology 265
May 1981 The 1981 Annual World's Best SF DAW Books Anthology 91
May 1981 The 1981 Annual World's Best SF DAW Books / New American Library of Canada Anthology 91
July 1981 The Best Science Fiction of the Year #10 Timescape / Pocket Books Anthology 117
August 1981 Best Science Fiction Stories of the Year: Tenth Annual Edition E. P. Dutton Anthology 1
August 1981 The 1981 Annual World's Best SF DAW Books / SFBC Anthology 81
October 1981 The Best Science Fiction of the Year #10 Gollancz Anthology 117
August 1982 Nebula Award Stories Sixteen Holt, Rinehart and Winston Anthology 211
December 1982 Universe 10 Zebra Books / Kensington Publishing Corp. Anthology 115
1983 Nebula Winners Sixteen Star Anthology 206
1983 Nebula Winners Sixteen W. H. Allen Anthology 211
September 1983 Nebula Award Stories Sixteen Bantam Books Anthology 168
February 1984 The Best from Universe Doubleday Anthology 181
July 1986 Howard Who? Doubleday Collection 5
September 1989 Strange Things in Close-Up: The Nearly Complete Howard Waldrop Legend Omnibus 11
July 1991 The Legend Book of Science Fiction Legend Anthology 472
July 1991 The Legend Book of Science Fiction Legend / Century Anthology 472
February 1992 Modern Classics of Science Fiction St. Martin's Press Anthology 472
April 1992 Modern Classics of Science Fiction St. Martin's Press / SFBC Anthology 472
February 1993 Modern Classics of Science Fiction St. Martin's Press Anthology
March 1999 My Favorite Science Fiction Story DAW Books Anthology 139
July 1999 My Favorite Science Fiction Story DAW Books / SFBC Anthology 139
May 2000 Sci Fiction, May 31, 2000 SciFi.com MAGAZINE
September 2005 My Favorite Science Fiction Story ibooks Anthology 139
August 2006 Howard Who? Small Beer Press Collection |1
November 2006 Howard Who? Small Beer Press Collection 1
March 2007 Things Will Never Be the Same: A Howard Waldrop Reader: Selected Short Fiction 1980-2005 Old Earth Books Collection 1
March 2007 Things Will Never Be the Same: A Howard Waldrop Reader: Selected Short Fiction 1980-2005 Old Earth Books Collection 1
October 2009 The Ugly Chickens Old Earth Books Chapbook 1
June 2011 Sense of Wonder: A Century of Science Fiction Wildside Press Anthology |314
December 2011 Sense of Wonder: A Century of Science Fiction Wildside Press Anthology |314
January 2014 The Drabblecast, #310 The Drabblecast MAGAZINE
March 2014 Things Will Never Be the Same: A Howard Waldrop Reader: Selected Short Fiction 1980-2005 Small Beer Press Collection |1
January 2026 Masters of Science Fiction: Howard Waldrop Centipede Press Collection 165