Title: A Habit of Waste
Title Record # 478161
Author: Nalo Hopkinson
Date: 1996-00-00
Type: SHORTFICTION
Length: short story
Language: English
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Author: Nalo Hopkinson
Date: 1996-00-00
Type: SHORTFICTION
Length: short story
Language: English
Note: First published in Fireweed #53, 1996.
Synopsis: The daughter of Caribbean immigrants, who has switched her natural body for one matching the cultural ideal of a slim blonde, meets an elderly Caribbean immigrant who teaches her how traditional ways can adapt to a new environment.
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Publications
| Title | Date | Author/Editor | Publisher/Pub. Series | ISBN/Catalog ID | Price | Pages | Format | Type | Cover Artist | Verif |
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| Women of Other Worlds: Excursions Through Science Fiction and Feminism | 1999-00-00 | ed. Helen Merrick, Tess Williams | University of Western Australia Press | 1-876268-32-8 | A$29.95?A$: Australian dollar |
xv+ 472 |
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 | Freddie Baer |  |
| Northern Suns | 1999-04-00 | ed. Glenn Grant, David G. Hartwell | Tor | 0-312-86461-2 | $24.95?$: US dollar |
382 | hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
anth | |
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| Northern Suns | 2000-04-00 | ed. Glenn Grant, David G. Hartwell | Tor | 0-312-86462-0 | $14.95?$: US dollar |
382 | 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 | |
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| Skin Folk | 2001-12-00 | Nalo Hopkinson | Aspect / Warner Books | 0-446-67803-1 | $12.95?$: US dollar |
255 | 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. |
coll | Mark Harrison | |
| Sense of Wonder: A Century of Science Fiction | 2011-00-00 | ed. Leigh Ronald Grossman | Wildside Press | 978-1-4344-3079-3 | $49.99?$: US dollar |
992 | 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 | ||
| Sense of Wonder: A Century of Science Fiction | 2011-12-20 | ed. Leigh Ronald Grossman | Wildside Press | 978-1-4344-4035-8 | $39.99?$: US dollar |
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF. |
anth | |
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| Skin Folk | 2015-01-27 | Nalo Hopkinson | Open Road Integrated Media | 978-1-5040-0119-9 | $7.99?$: US dollar |
258 | ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF. |
coll | ||
| Skin Folk | 2018-07-03 | Nalo Hopkinson | Open Road Integrated Media | 978-1-5040-5276-4 | $12.99?$: US dollar |
218 | 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. |
coll |