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The Encounter

Kate Wilhelm

First published December 1970
Type Short Fiction
Length Novelette

Synopsis

During a severe blizzard, a troubled man is trapped inside a chilly bus station with a quiet woman who offers her own observations.

Awards

YearAwardCategoryStatus
1972 Nebula Award Novelette Nominee/Finalist

Publications (19)

Date Publication Publisher Type Page
December 1970 Orbit 8 G. P. Putnam's Sons Anthology 195
March 1971 Orbit 8 Berkley Medallion Anthology 200
March 1971 Orbit 8 Berkley Medallion Anthology 200
November 1972 Nebula Award Stories 7 Gollancz Anthology
1973 Nebula Award Stories Seven Harrow Books Anthology 64
January 1973 Nebula Award Stories Seven Harper & Row Anthology 64
March 1973 Nebula Award Stories Seven Harper & Row / SFBC Anthology 51
June 1974 Orbit 8 Rapp & Whiting / Andre Deutsch Anthology
December 1974 Nebula Award Stories 7 Panther Anthology 77
June 1975 Best Stories from Orbit, Volumes 1-10 Berkley/Putnam Anthology 313
July 1976 The Best from Orbit Volumes 1-10 Berkley Medallion Anthology 340
1978 Somerset Dreams and Other Fictions Harper & Row Collection 47
April 1978 Somerset Dreams and Other Fictions Harper & Row Collection 47
January 1979 Somerset Dreams and Other Fictions Hutchinson Collection 47
April 1979 Somerset Dreams and Other Fictions Perennial Library Collection 47
August 1979 Somerset Dreams and Other Fictions Readers Union / The Science Fiction Book Club (UK) Collection
September 2011 Somerset Dreams and Other Fictions Gateway / Orion Collection
January 2015 Kate Wilhelm in Orbit, Volume One InfinityBox Press Collection |10
March 2020 Masters of Science Fiction: Kate Wilhelm, Volume 1 Centipede Press Collection 709