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The Shores of Bohemia

Bruce Sterling

First published April 1990
Type Short Fiction
Length Novelette

Synopsis

Outside of the city people talk about topics, that are uninteresting or unintelligible. Everybody lives 100s of years, thanks to the nano-gnats, but outside of the city people even talk to the gnats! Inside of the city people erect a glorious building and keep to the polite topics.

Awards

YearAwardCategoryStatus
1991 Locus Poll Award Best Novelette Nominee/Finalist

Publications (8)

Date Publication Publisher Type Page
April 1990 Universe 1 Doubleday Foundation Anthology 211
April 1990 Universe 1 Doubleday Foundation Anthology 211
April 1991 Universe 1 Bantam Spectra Anthology 211
September 1992 Globalhead Mark V. Ziesing Collection 135
September 1992 Globalhead Mark V. Ziesing Collection 135
April 1994 Globalhead Millennium Collection 135
November 1994 Globalhead Bantam Spectra Collection 152
June 1996 Globalhead Phoenix Collection