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Balanced Ecology

James H. Schmitz

First published 1965
Type Short Fiction
Length Short Story
Series The Hub Universe › The Hub

Synopsis

The settlers have integrated well into life on Wrake: the adults sustainably farm the valuable diamondwood, and the children play with the native animals. Their way of life seems near perfect until an off-world businessman visits with an offer he thinks they can't refuse.

Awards

YearAwardCategoryStatus
1966 Nebula Award Short Story Nominee/Finalist

Publications (32)

Date Publication Publisher Type Page
1965 A Nice Day for Screaming and Other Tales of the Hub Chilton Collection 137
March 1965 Analog Science Fact -> Science Fiction, March 1965 Condé Nast MAGAZINE 31
September 1966 Nebula Award Stories 1965 Doubleday Anthology 41
October 1966 Nebula Award Stories 1965 Doubleday / SFBC Anthology 41
March 1967 Nebula Award Stories 1 Gollancz Anthology 43
May 1967 Analog 5 Doubleday Anthology 169
November 1967 Nebula Award Stories Pocket Books Anthology 34
1968 Analog 5 Dennis Dobson Anthology 169
October 1968 Nebula Award Stories Pocket Books Anthology 34
October 1968 Nebula Award Stories Pocket Books Anthology 34
April 1969 Nebula Award Stories 1 New English Library Anthology 37
December 1969 Nebula Award Stories Pocket Books Anthology 34
December 1969 Nebula Award Stories Pocket Books Anthology 34
1970 Countercommandment and Other Stories Curtis Books Anthology 161
1972 Above the Human Landscape: A Social Science Fiction Anthology Goodyear Publishing Anthology 97
1972 Bug-Eyed Monsters Sidgwick & Jackson Anthology 242
1972 Above the Human Landscape: A Social Science Fiction Anthology Goodyear Publishing Anthology 97
June 1974 Bug-Eyed Monsters Panther Anthology 221
1978 Nature's Revenge: Eerie Stories of Revolt Against the Human Race Lothrop, Lee & Shepard Anthology 87
1978 Nature's Revenge: Eerie Stories of Revolt Against the Human Race Lothrop, Lee & Shepard Anthology 87
July 1985 Analog: The Best of Science Fiction Galahad Books Anthology 492
June 1991 The Best of James H. Schmitz NESFA Press Collection 130
October 1993 The Norton Book of Science Fiction: North American Science Fiction, 1960-1990 W. W. Norton & Company Anthology 98
June 1999 The Norton Book of Science Fiction: North American Science Fiction, 1960-1990 W. W. Norton & Company Anthology 98
December 2000 The Best of James H. Schmitz NESFA Press Collection 130
February 2001 Nebula Award Stories Stealth Press Anthology 43
April 2001 The Hub: Dangerous Territory Baen Books Collection 111
April 2001 The Hub: Dangerous Territory Baen Books Collection |3
October 2002 The Honorverse Disk Baen Books Omnibus |12.64
October 2002 The Honorverse Disk Baen Books Omnibus |12.64
May 2004 The Wind Rider's Oath Disk Baen Books Omnibus |21.64
December 2013 The Hub: Dangerous Territory Baen Books Collection |3