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A Message to the King of Brobdingnag

Richard Cowper

First published May 1984
Type Short Fiction
Length Novelette

Synopsis

A scientific effort to develop plants which need little or no fertilizer goes wrong and creates a strain of algae which escapes into the wild and begins to overgrow all the rivers, lakes, streams, and ponds.

Awards

YearAwardCategoryStatus
1985 Locus Poll Award Best Novelette Nominee/Finalist

Publications (7)

Date Publication Publisher Type Page
May 1984 The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, May 1984 Mercury Press, Inc. MAGAZINE 72
May 1984 The Tithonian Factor and Other Stories Gollancz Collection 123
April 1985 The Year's Best Science Fiction: Second Annual Collection Bluejay Books Anthology 113
April 1985 The Year's Best Science Fiction: Second Annual Collection Bluejay Books Anthology 114
November 1999 Armageddons Ace Books Anthology 75
September 2012 The Tithonian Factor Gateway / Orion Collection
March 2013 Armageddons Baen Books Anthology |75