Title: Selkie Stories Are for Losers
Title Record # 1555716
Author: Sofia Samatar
Date: 2013-01-07
Type: SHORTFICTION
Length: short story
Webpages: escapepod.org, starshipsofa.com, strangehorizons.com-1, strangehorizons.com-2, Wikipedia-EN
Language: English
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Author: Sofia Samatar
Date: 2013-01-07
Type: SHORTFICTION
Length: short story
Webpages: escapepod.org, starshipsofa.com, strangehorizons.com-1, strangehorizons.com-2, Wikipedia-EN
Language: English
User Rating: 6.80 (5 votes) Your vote: Not cast VOTE
Current Tags: urban fantasy (1), Mothers and daughters (1), African speculative fiction (1), selkies (1) Add Tags
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Awards
| Place | Year and Award | Category |
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| Nomination | 2013 BSFA | Best Short Fiction |
| 2 | 2014 Hugo | Best Short Story |
| Nomination | 2014 Nebula | Short Story |
| Nomination | 2014 World Fantasy | Best Short Fiction |
Publications
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| Title | Date | Author/Editor | Publisher/Pub. Series | ISBN/Catalog ID | Price | Pages | Format | Type | Cover Artist | Verif |
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| Strange Horizons, 7 January 2013 | 2013-01-07 | ed. Niall Harrison | strangehorizons.com | webzine?Used for Internet-based periodical publications which are otherwise not downloadable as an "ebook". |
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| BSFA Awards 2013 | 2014-04-00 | ed. uncredited | BSFA (BSFA Awards Annual Collections) | 64 | A4?21 cm by 29.7 cm or 8.3" by 11.7" magazine, used by some UK and European magazines |
anth | Vincent Chong |  |
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| StarShipSofa, No 332 | 2014-04-09 | ed. Tony C. Smith | District of Wonders | $0.00?$: US dollar |
digital audio download?Digital recording in any format that is downloaded directly from the Internet. This category includes podcasts. |
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| The Best Science Fiction & Fantasy of the Year: Volume Eight | 2014-05-00 | ed. Jonathan Strahan | Solaris | 978-1-78108-215-7 | £12.99?£: UK pound |
614 | tp?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep. |
anth | Dominic Harman | |
| The Best Science Fiction & Fantasy of the Year: Volume Eight | 2014-05-00 | ed. Jonathan Strahan | Solaris | 978-1-84997-666-4 | $7.99?$: US dollar |
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF. |
anth | Dominic Harman | |
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| The Best Science Fiction & Fantasy of the Year: Volume Eight | 2014-05-13 | ed. Jonathan Strahan | Solaris | 978-1-78108-216-4 | $19.99?$: US dollar |
614+ [4] |
tp?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep. |
anth | Dominic Harman | |
| Escape Pod, EP461 | 2014-09-12 | ed. Norm Sherman | Escape Artists, Inc. | $0.00?$: US dollar |
digital audio download?Digital recording in any format that is downloaded directly from the Internet. This category includes podcasts. |
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| Year's Best YA Speculative Fiction 2013 | 2014-12-00 | ed. Alisa Krasnostein, Julia Rios | Twelfth Planet Press | 978-1-922101-28-0 | A$6.99?A$: Australian dollar |
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF. |
anth | Amanda Rainey | |
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| Year's Best YA Speculative Fiction 2013 | 2015-02-04 | ed. Alisa Krasnostein, Julia Rios | Twelfth Planet Press | 978-1-922101-27-3 | $16.99?$: US dollar |
422 | tp?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep. |
anth | Amanda Rainey | |
| Nebula Awards Showcase 2015 | 2015-12-08 | ed. Greg Bear | Pyr | 978-1-63388-090-0 | $18.00?$: US dollar |
349 | tp?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep. |
anth | John Harris | |
| Nebula Awards Showcase 2015 | 2015-12-08 | ed. Greg Bear | Pyr | 978-1-63388-091-7 | $9.99?$: US dollar |
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF. |
anth | John Harris | ||
| Tender | 2017-04-00 | Sofia Samatar | Small Beer Press | 978-1-61873-126-5 | $24.00?$: US dollar |
273+ [4] |
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
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| Tender | 2017-04-17 | Sofia Samatar | Small Beer Press | 978-1-61873-127-2 | $14.99?$: US dollar |
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF. |
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| The New Voices of Fantasy | 2017-07-00 | ed. Peter S. Beagle, Jacob Weisman | Tachyon Publications | 978-1-61696-257-9 | $16.95?$: US dollar |
325 | tp?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep. |
anth | Camille André | |
| The New Voices of Fantasy | 2017-08-08 | ed. Peter S. Beagle, Jacob Weisman | Tachyon Publications | 978-1-61696-258-6 | ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF. |
anth | Camille André | |
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| Tender | 2019-04-02 | Sofia Samatar | Small Beer Press | 978-1-61873-165-4 | $17.00?$: US dollar |
273 | tp?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep. |
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