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Rachel in Love

Pat Murphy

First published April 1987
Type Short Fiction
Length Novelette

Synopsis

A scientist implants the mind of his dead daughter into a young female chimpanzee and treats her as his daughter; but when he suddenly dies, she is taken to a primate breeding facility.

External Links

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Awards

YearAwardCategoryStatus
1988 Asimov's Readers' Poll Best Novelette Winner
1988 Hugo Award Best Novelette Runner-up
1988 Locus Poll Award Best Novelette Winner
1988 Nebula Award Novelette Winner
1988 SF Chronicle Award Novelette Runner-up
1988 Theodore Sturgeon Memorial Award Best Short Science Fiction Winner

Publications (38)

Date Publication Publisher Type Page
April 1987 Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine, April 1987 Davis Publications MAGAZINE 70
May 1988 The Year's Best Science Fiction: Fifth Annual Collection St. Martin's Press Anthology 1
May 1988 The Year's Best Science Fiction: Fifth Annual Collection St. Martin's Press Anthology 1
June 1988 The 1988 Annual World's Best SF DAW Books Anthology 37
June 1988 The 1988 Annual World's Best SF DAW Books Anthology 37
August 1988 The 1988 Annual World's Best SF DAW Books / SFBC Anthology 22
September 1988 Best New SF 2 Robinson Anthology 1
September 1988 Best New SF 2 Robinson Anthology 1
November 1988 The Orbit Science Fiction Yearbook 1 Orbit Book / Futura Publications Anthology 157
April 1989 Nebula Awards 23 Harcourt Brace Jovanovich Anthology 185
April 1989 Nebula Awards 23 Harvest / HBJ Anthology 185
July 1990 Points of Departure Bantam Spectra Collection 215
February 1991 Future on Fire Tor Anthology 12
February 1992 Rachel in Love Pulphouse Publishing Chapbook 3
June 1994 The Year's Best Science Fiction: Fifth Annual Collection St. Martin's Press Anthology 1
July 1995 Women of Wonder, the Contemporary Years: Science Fiction by Women from the 1970s to the 1990s Harvest / Harcourt Brace Anthology 206
December 1995 Hugo and Nebula Award Winners from Asimov's Science Fiction Wings Books Anthology 247
1996 Electric Mind Imschoot Anthology 155
April 1996 Paragons: Twelve Master Science Fiction Writers Ply Their Craft St. Martin's Press Anthology 106
September 1996 Paragons: Twelve Master Science Fiction Writers Ply Their Craft St. Martin's Press / SFBC Anthology 106
May 1997 Paragons: Twelve Master Science Fiction Writers Ply Their Craft St. Martin's Griffin Anthology 106
October 2001 A Woman's Liberation: A Choice of Futures by and About Women Aspect / Warner Books Anthology 75
July 2004 The Locus Awards: Thirty Years of the Best in Science Fiction and Fantasy Eos / HarperCollins Anthology 268
July 2004 The Locus Awards: Thirty Years of the Best in Fantasy and Science Fiction Voyager / HarperCollins (Australia) Anthology 299
July 2005 The Locus Awards: Thirty Years of the Best in Fantasy and Science Fiction Voyager / HarperCollins (Australia) Anthology
May 2006 Daughters of Earth: Feminist Science Fiction in the Twentieth Century Wesleyan University Press Anthology 217
May 2006 Daughters of Earth: Feminist Science Fiction in the Twentieth Century Wesleyan University Press Anthology 217
June 2011 Sense of Wonder: A Century of Science Fiction Wildside Press Anthology |289
December 2011 Sense of Wonder: A Century of Science Fiction Wildside Press Anthology |289
January 2013 Rachel in Love Untreed Reads Publishing Chapbook
February 2013 The Apes of Wrath Tachyon Publications Anthology 103
February 2013 The Apes of Wrath Tachyon Publications Anthology
April 2013 Points of Departure Gateway / Orion Collection
April 2014 Points of Departure Open Road Integrated Media Collection
May 2014 Escape Pod, EP447 Escape Artists, Inc. MAGAZINE
July 2016 The Big Book of Science Fiction: The Ultimate Collection Vintage Crime / Black Lizard / Vintage Books Anthology 905
July 2016 The Big Book of Science Fiction: The Ultimate Collection Vintage Crime / Black Lizard / Vintage Books Anthology |86
July 2016 The Big Book of Science Fiction: The Ultimate Collection Vintage Crime/Black Lizard / SFBC Anthology 905