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Ginungagap

Michael Swanwick

First published 1980
Type Short Fiction
Length Novelette

Synopsis

A woman is chosen to communicate with aliens who possess the technology for interstellar travel using black holes, but the process is hindered by mutual mistrust.

Notes

TriQuarterly 49 notes that it is for "Fall 1980". This makes this the second story published by Swanwick.

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Awards

YearAwardCategoryStatus
1981 Locus Poll Award Best Novelette Nominee/Finalist
1981 Nebula Award Novelette Nominee/Finalist

Publications (23)

Date Publication Publisher Type Page
1980 TriQuarterly 49 Northwestern University Press MAGAZINE 179
July 1981 The Best Science Fiction of the Year #10 Timescape / Pocket Books Anthology 63
October 1981 The Best Science Fiction of the Year #10 Gollancz Anthology 63
August 1982 Nebula Award Stories Sixteen Holt, Rinehart and Winston Anthology 45
1983 Nebula Winners Sixteen Star Anthology 44
1983 Nebula Winners Sixteen W. H. Allen Anthology 45
September 1983 Nebula Award Stories Sixteen Bantam Books Anthology 31
August 1991 Gravity's Angels Arkham House Collection 255
October 1992 Life Among the Asteroids Ace Books Anthology 235
November 1997 The Science Fiction Century Tor Anthology 304
November 1997 The Science Fiction Century Tor / BOMC Anthology 304
May 1998 The Science Fiction Century Quality Paperback Book Club Anthology 304
April 2000 Explorers: SF Adventures to Far Horizons St. Martin's Griffin Anthology 313
May 2000 Exploring the Horizons: Explorers, and the Furthest Horizon Science Fiction Book Club Omnibus 297
March 2001 Gravity's Angels Frog Books / North Atlantic Books Collection 295
August 2002 Explorers: SF Adventures to Far Horizons Anthology 313
April 2003 The Mammoth Book of 20th Century Science Fiction: Volume One Robinson Anthology 126
March 2006 The Science Fiction Century, Volume One Orb Anthology 298
October 2008 The Best of Michael Swanwick Subterranean Press Collection 43
October 2008 The Best of Michael Swanwick Subterranean Press Collection
August 2010 The Best of Michael Swanwick Subterranean Press Collection
September 2010 Before They Were Giants: First Works from Science Fiction Greats Paizo Publishing Anthology 199
January 2025 Collection of Science Fiction & Fantasy MotionAudiobooks Omnibus |9.043