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Of Mist, and Grass, and Sand

Vonda N. McIntyre

First published October 1973
Type Short Fiction
Length Novelette
Series Snake

Synopsis

A young woman who uses snakes to heal diseases crosses a desert to heal a young boy who belongs to a tribe, who happen to be terrified of her and her snakes.

Awards

YearAwardCategoryStatus
1974 Hugo Award Best Novelette Runner-up
1974 Locus Poll Award Best Short Fiction Runner-up
1974 Nebula Award Novelette Winner

Publications (45)

Date Publication Publisher Type Page
October 1973 Analog Science Fiction/Science Fact, October 1973 Condé Nast MAGAZINE 73
July 1974 The Best Science Fiction of the Year #3 Ballantine Books Anthology 187
July 1974 The Best Science Fiction of the Year #3 Ballantine Books Anthology 187
November 1974 Nebula Award Stories 9 Gollancz Anthology 157
January 1975 Nebula Award Stories Nine Harper & Row Anthology 124
January 1975 Women of Wonder Vintage Books Anthology 257
March 1975 Looking Ahead Harcourt Brace Jovanovich Anthology 201
June 1976 The Best Science Fiction of the Year #3 Ballantine Books Anthology 187
November 1976 Nebula Award Stories 9 Corgi Anthology 142
July 1977 The Infinite Web: Eight Stories of Science Fiction The Dial Press Anthology 41
July 1978 Women of Wonder Penguin Books Anthology 259
July 1978 Nebula Award Stories Nine Bantam Books Anthology 133
October 1978 The Best of Analog Baronet Publishing Co. Anthology 285
March 1979 The Best of Analog Ace Books Anthology 285
December 1979 Fireflood and Other Stories Houghton Mifflin Collection 28
1980 Constellations: Stories of the Future Gollancz Anthology 59
1980 Fireflood and Other Stories Gollancz Collection 28
April 1980 The Arbor House Treasury of Modern Science Fiction Priam Books / Arbor House Anthology 593
April 1980 The Arbor House Treasury of Modern Science Fiction Arbor House Anthology 593
October 1980 Fireflood and Other Stories Houghton Mifflin / SFBC Collection 25
December 1980 The Analog Anthology #1 Davis Publications Anthology 350
1981 Analog's Golden Anniversary Anthology The Dial Press Anthology 350
March 1981 Fireflood and Other Stories Timescape / Pocket Books Collection 33
March 1981 Fireflood and Other Stories Timescape / Pocket Books Collection 33
1982 Fifty Years of the Best Science Fiction from Analog Davis Publications Anthology 350
November 1982 Fireflood and Other Stories Pan Books Collection 33
November 1982 From Here to Forever Mentor / New American Library Anthology 354
1983 Constellations: Stories of the Future Puffin Anthology
July 1983 Constellations: Stories of the Future Penguin Books Anthology 54
1986 6 Decades: The Best of Analog Davis Publications Anthology 81
July 1986 The Science Fiction Hall of Fame, Volume IV Avon Anthology 287
January 1987 Fireflood and Other Stories Pan Books Collection
November 1987 Great Science Fiction of the 20th Century Avenel Books Anthology 593
December 1987 The Science Fiction Hall of Fame, Volume IV Avon / SFBC Anthology 306
1988 Science Fiction: The Science Fiction Research Association Anthology Harper & Row Anthology 418
April 1989 The Best of the Nebulas Tor Anthology 478
April 1989 The Best of the Nebulas Tor Anthology 478
November 1990 The Best of the Nebulas Robert Hale Anthology 458
August 1995 Women of Wonder, the Classic Years: Science Fiction by Women from the 1940s to the 1970s Harvest / Harcourt Brace Anthology 288
January 1997 From Here to Forever Borealis / White Wolf Publishing Anthology 394
October 2001 A Woman's Liberation: A Choice of Futures by and About Women Aspect / Warner Books Anthology 109
May 2003 From Here to Forever Scarecrow Press Anthology 335
November 2013 Across the Spectrum Book View Café Anthology |23
July 2020 Analog Science Fiction and Fact, July-August 2020 Dell Magazines MAGAZINE 10
September 2022 The Future Is Female! More Classic Science Fiction Stories by Women, Volume Two: The 1970s The Library of America Anthology 107