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The Lucky Strike

Kim Stanley Robinson

First published June 1984
Type Short Fiction
Length Novelette

Synopsis

In an alternate universe where the Enola Gay is destroyed before the mission to drop the atomic bomb on Hiroshima, the bombardier of the plane which replaces it has doubts.

Awards

YearAwardCategoryStatus
1985 Hugo Award Best Novelette Nominee/Finalist
1985 Locus Poll Award Best Novelette Nominee/Finalist
1985 Nebula Award Novelette Nominee/Finalist
1985 SF Chronicle Award Novelette Runner-up

Publications (41)

Date Publication Publisher Type Page
June 1984 Universe 14 Doubleday Anthology 1
April 1985 The Year's Best Science Fiction: Second Annual Collection Bluejay Books Anthology 536
April 1985 The Year's Best Science Fiction: Second Annual Collection Bluejay Books Anthology 537
July 1985 Terry Carr's Best Science Fiction of the Year Tor Anthology 203
October 1985 Best Science Fiction of the Year 14 Gollancz Anthology 203
October 1985 Best Science Fiction of the Year 14 Gollancz Anthology
November 1985 Nebula Awards 20 Harcourt Brace Jovanovich Anthology 213
November 1985 Nebula Awards 20 Harcourt Brace Jovanovich Anthology 213
May 1986 Universe 14 Tor Anthology 1
July 1986 The Planet on the Table Tor Collection 123
December 1986 Alternative Histories Garland Publishing Anthology 249
July 1987 The Planet on the Table Tor Collection 123
August 1987 The Planet on the Table Orbit / Futura Collection 123
November 1991 There Won't Be War Tor Anthology 96
October 1993 The Norton Book of Science Fiction: North American Science Fiction, 1960-1990 W. W. Norton & Company Anthology 538
October 1994 Remaking History and Other Stories Orb Collection 133
April 1996 The Way It Wasn't: Great Science Fiction Stories of Alternate History Citadel Twilight Anthology 320
June 1999 The Norton Book of Science Fiction: North American Science Fiction, 1960-1990 W. W. Norton & Company Anthology 538
October 2001 The Best Alternate History Stories of the 20th Century Del Rey / Ballantine Anthology 1
November 2001 The Best Alternate History Stories of the 20th Century Del Rey / Ballantine / SFBC Anthology
May 2002 Vinland the Dream and Other Stories Voyager Collection 83
April 2006 ParaSpheres: Extending Beyond the Spheres of Literary and Genre Fiction: Fabulist and New Wave Fabulist Stories Omnidawn Publishing Anthology 62
April 2006 ParaSpheres: Extending Beyond the Spheres of Literary and Genre Fiction: Fabulist and New Wave Fabulist Stories Omnidawn Publishing Anthology 76
March 2008 History Revisited: The Great Battles: Eminent Historians Take On the Great Works of Alternative History BenBella Books Anthology 101
December 2008 Science Fiction: Stories and Contexts Bedford Books of St. Martin's Press Anthology 568
2009 The Best Alternate History Stories of the 20th Century Del Rey / Ballantine Anthology 1
June 2009 History Revisited: The Great Battles: Eminent Historians Take On the Great Works of Alternative History BenBella Books Anthology
October 2009 The Lucky Strike Plus A Sensitive Dependence on Initial Conditions and "A Real Joy to be Had" Outspoken Interview PM Press Collection 9
October 2009 The Lucky Strike: Plus ... PM Press Collection |9
February 2010 The Mammoth Book of Alternate Histories Robinson Anthology 253
February 2010 The Mammoth Book of Alternate Histories Robinson Anthology
April 2010 The Mammoth Book of Alternate Histories Perseus Books Anthology 253
July 2010 The Lucky Strike: Plus ... ReadHowYouWant Collection
July 2010 The Best of Kim Stanley Robinson Night Shade Books Collection 67
August 2010 The Best of Kim Stanley Robinson Night Shade Books Collection |5
December 2010 The Best of Kim Stanley Robinson Night Shade Books Collection 67
June 2011 Sense of Wonder: A Century of Science Fiction Wildside Press Anthology |298
December 2011 Sense of Wonder: A Century of Science Fiction Wildside Press Anthology |298
March 2014 Lightspeed, March 2014 Lightspeed Magazine MAGAZINE |10
September 2014 Strange Horizons, 22 September 2014 strangehorizons.com MAGAZINE
2015 Science Fiction: Stories and Contexts Bedford Books of St. Martin's Press Anthology 344