Title: Of Mist, and Grass, and Sand
Title Record # 51125
Author: Vonda N. McIntyre
Date: 1973-10-00
Type: SHORTFICTION
Length: novelette
Series: Snake
Language: English
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Author: Vonda N. McIntyre
Date: 1973-10-00
Type: SHORTFICTION
Length: novelette
Series: Snake
Language: English
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.
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Awards
Place | Year and Award | Category |
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Win | 1974 Nebula | Novelette |
2 | 1974 Hugo | Best Novelette |
2 | 1974 Locus | 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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Analog Science Fiction/Science Fact, October 1973 | 1973-10-00 | ed. Ben Bova | Condé Nast | $0.60?$: US dollar |
180 | digest?Digest-size magazine, including both standard digest size, at about 7" by 4.5", and also large digest, such as recent issues of Asimov's, which are about 8.25" by 5.125". |
mag | Rick Sternbach | ||
The Best Science Fiction of the Year #3 | 1974-07-00 | ed. Terry Carr | Ballantine Books | 0-345-24063-4 | $1.50?$: US dollar |
xi+ 368 |
pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper. |
anth | Larry Sutton | |
The Best Science Fiction of the Year #3 | 1974-07-00 | ed. Terry Carr | Ballantine Books | 0-345-24063-4 | C$1.50?C$: Canadian dollar |
xi+ 368 |
pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper. |
anth | Larry Sutton | |
Nebula Award Stories 9 | 1974-11-00 | ed. Kate Wilhelm | Gollancz | 0-575-01899-2 | £3.00?£: UK pound |
287 | hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
anth | ||
La frontière avenir | 1975-00-00 | ed. Henry-Luc Planchat | Seghers (Constellations) | 286 | 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 | Jackie Paternoster | |||
Nebula Award Stories Nine | 1975-01-00 | ed. Kate Wilhelm | Harper & Row | 0-06-014652-4 | $7.95?$: US dollar |
xxvi+ 241 |
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
anth | Al Nagy | |
Women of Wonder | 1975-01-00 | ed. Pamela Sargent | Vintage Books | 0-394-71041-X / V-41 | $1.95?$: US dollar |
lxiv+ 285 |
pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper. |
anth | Charles Shields | |
Looking Ahead | 1975-03-00 | ed. Dick Allen, Lori Allen | Harcourt Brace Jovanovich | 0-15-551184-X | $5.50?$: US dollar |
viii+ 408 |
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 | Alex Harsley | |
Femmes et merveilles | 1975-10-31 | ed. Pamela Sargent | Denoël?Denoel (Présence du Futur?Presence du Futur #208) |
245 | pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper. |
anth |
Stéphane Dumont?Stephane Dumont
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Femmes et merveilles | 1975-10-31 | ed. Pamela Sargent | Denoël?Denoel (Présence du Futur?Presence du Futur #208) |
245 | pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper. |
anth | ||||
The Best Science Fiction of the Year #3 | 1976-06-00 | ed. Terry Carr | Ballantine Books | 0-345-25015-X | $1.95?$: US dollar |
xi+ 368 |
pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper. |
anth | ||
Nebula Award Stories 9 | 1976-11-00 | ed. Kate Wilhelm | Corgi | 0-552-10307-1 | £0.75?£: UK pound |
253 | pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper. |
anth | ||
Nergens: sf-verhalen | 1977-00-00 | ed. Roderick Lennaert van Rhyn | Meulenhoff (M=SF #119) | 90-290-0835-0 | 333 | pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper. |
anth | Peter Ramselaar | ||
Mujeres y maravillas | 1977-05-00 | ed. Pamela Sargent | Bruguera (Colección Nova ciencia ficción #11) | 84-02-05170-7 | 347 | 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 | Jim Burns | ||
The Infinite Web: Eight Stories of Science Fiction | 1977-07-00 | ed. Robert Silverberg | The Dial Press | 0-8037-4135-9 | $7.95?$: US dollar |
xiii+ 239 |
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
anth | Leo Dillon , Diane Dillon | |
Nebula Award Stories Nine | 1978-07-00 | ed. Kate Wilhelm | Bantam Books | 0-553-11551-0 | $1.95?$: US dollar |
xxvi+ 257 |
pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper. |
anth | ||
Women of Wonder | 1978-07-00 | ed. Pamela Sargent | Penguin Books | 0-14-004867-7 | £0.90?£: UK pound |
282 | pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper. |
anth | Candy Amsden | |
The Best of Analog | 1978-10-00 | ed. Ben Bova | Baronet Publishing Co. (A Baronet/Analog Book) | 0-89437-034-0 | $5.95?$: US dollar |
418 | 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 | Alex Schomburg | |
Science Fiction Story Reader 11 | 1979-01-00 | ed. Wolfgang Jeschke | Heyne (Heyne Science Fiction & Fantasy #3627) | 3-453-30538-8 | DM 5.80?DM: German (Deutsche) mark |
287 | pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper. |
anth | Michael Hasted | |
The Best of Analog | 1979-03-00 | ed. Ben Bova | Ace Books (An Analog Book) | 0-441-05470-6 | $2.25?$: US dollar |
418 | pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper. |
anth | Alex Schomburg | |
Fireflood and Other Stories | 1979-12-00 | Vonda N. McIntyre | Houghton Mifflin | 0-395-28422-8 | $10.95?$: US dollar |
281 | hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
coll | Charles Shields | |
Constellations: Stories of the Future | 1980-00-00 | ed. Malcolm Edwards | Gollancz | 0-575-02838-6 | £4.95?£: UK pound |
189 | hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
anth | Stuart Hughes (artist) | |
Fireflood and Other Stories | 1980-00-00 | Vonda N. McIntyre | Gollancz (Gollancz SF Series (4)) | 0-575-02818-1 | £5.95?£: UK pound |
281 | hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
coll | ||
Vrouwen in wonderland: Twaalf science-fiction verhalen van vrouwen over vrouwen | 1980-00-00 | ed. Pamela Sargent | De Arbeiderspers (SFem) | 90-295-3781-7 | 350 | hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
anth | Poen de Wijs | ||
The Arbor House Treasury of Modern Science Fiction | 1980-04-00 | ed. Martin H. Greenberg, Robert Silverberg | Priam Books / Arbor House | 0-87795-266-3 | $8.95?$: US dollar |
xii+ 754 |
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 | Antler & Baldwin, Inc. | |
The Arbor House Treasury of Modern Science Fiction | 1980-04-00 | ed. Martin H. Greenberg, Robert Silverberg | Arbor House | 0-87795-246-9 | $19.95?$: US dollar |
xii+ 754 |
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
anth | Antler & Baldwin, Inc. | |
Fireflood and Other Stories | 1980-10-00 | Vonda N. McIntyre | Houghton Mifflin / SFBC | 1187 | $4.98?$: US dollar |
244 | hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
coll | Charles Shields | |
The Analog Anthology #1 | 1980-12-00 | ed. Stanley Schmidt | Davis Publications | $2.95?$: US dollar |
380 | digest?Digest-size magazine, including both standard digest size, at about 7" by 4.5", and also large digest, such as recent issues of Asimov's, which are about 8.25" by 5.125". |
anth | Dean Ellis | ||
Analog's Golden Anniversary Anthology | 1981-00-00 | ed. Stanley Schmidt | The Dial Press | 0-8037-0217-5 | $10.95?$: US dollar |
380 | hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
anth | ||
Fireflood and Other Stories | 1981-03-00 | Vonda N. McIntyre | Timescape / Pocket Books | 0-671-83631-5 | $2.75?$: US dollar |
237 | pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper. |
coll | ||
Fireflood and Other Stories | 1981-03-00 | Vonda N. McIntyre | Timescape / Pocket Books | 0-671-83631-5 | C$2.95?C$: Canadian dollar |
237 | pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper. |
coll | ||
Feuerflut | 1981-11-00 | Vonda N. McIntyre | Moewig (Moewig Science Fiction #3551) | 3-8118-3551-3 | DM 6.80?DM: German (Deutsche) mark |
286 | pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper. |
coll | ||
Fifty Years of the Best Science Fiction from Analog | 1982-00-00 | ed. Stanley Schmidt | Davis Publications | $2.95?$: US dollar |
380 | digest?Digest-size magazine, including both standard digest size, at about 7" by 4.5", and also large digest, such as recent issues of Asimov's, which are about 8.25" by 5.125". |
anth | |||
Der Plan ist Liebe und Tod | 1982-07-00 | ed. Kate Wilhelm | Moewig (Playboy Science Fiction #6730) | 3-8118-6730-X | DM 6.80?DM: German (Deutsche) mark |
239 | pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper. |
anth | Don Maitz | |
Fireflood and Other Stories | 1982-11-00 | Vonda N. McIntyre | Pan Books | 0-330-26537-7 | £1.95?£: UK pound |
256 | pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper. |
coll | Chris Achilleos | |
From Here to Forever | 1982-11-00 | ed. James Gunn | Mentor / New American Library | 0-451-62136-0 / ME2136 | $4.95?$: US dollar |
531 | pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper. |
anth | Richard Courtney | |
Constellations: Stories of the Future | 1983-00-00 | ed. Malcolm Edwards | Puffin (Puffin Plus) | 0-14-031582-9 | £1.25?£: UK pound |
171 | pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper. |
anth | Tony Roberts (artist) | |
Constellations: Stories of the Future | 1983-07-00 | ed. Malcolm Edwards | Penguin Books | 0-14-006734-5 | £1.50?£: UK pound |
175 | pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper. |
anth | Tony Roberts (artist) | |
Najbolje svetske SF priče 1984?Najbolje svetske SF price 1984 Najbolje svetske SF priche 1984 |
1984-00-00 |
ed.
Zoran Živković?Zoran Zivkovic |
Prosveta (Kentaur) | 236 | 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 |
Željko Pahek?Zeljko Pahek
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6 Decades: The Best of Analog | 1986-00-00 | ed. Stanley Schmidt | Davis Publications | 128 | 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 | ||||
The Science Fiction Hall of Fame, Volume IV | 1986-07-00 | ed. Terry Carr | Avon | 0-380-89710-5 | $4.95?$: US dollar |
xiv+ 434 |
pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper. |
anth | Tony Roberts (artist) | |
Fireflood and Other Stories | 1987-01-00 | Vonda N. McIntyre | Pan Books | 0-330-26537-7 | £2.50?£: UK pound |
256 | pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper. |
coll | ||
Feuerflut | 1987-07-00 | Vonda N. McIntyre | Moewig (Moewig Science Fiction #3760) | 3-8118-3760-5 | DM 12.80?DM: German (Deutsche) mark |
286 | pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper. |
coll | Marion Arnemann | |
Great Science Fiction of the 20th Century | 1987-11-00 | ed. Martin H. Greenberg, Robert Silverberg | Avenel Books | 0-517-64124-0 | $8.98?$: US dollar |
x+ 726 |
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
anth | Romas | |
The Science Fiction Hall of Fame, Volume IV | 1987-12-00 | ed. Terry Carr | Avon / SFBC | 11628 | $6.98?$: US dollar |
xi+ 462 |
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
anth | ||
Od dzisiaj do wiecznosci | 1988-00-00 | ed. James Gunn | Wydawnictwa "Alfa" | 83-7001-196-9 | 486 | 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 | Tadeusz Kobak | ||
Science Fiction: The Science Fiction Research Association Anthology | 1988-00-00 | ed. Martin H. Greenberg, Patricia S. Warrick, Charles G. Waugh | Harper & Row | 0-06-046941-2 | $16.50?$: US dollar |
xi+ 522 |
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 | Maria Carella | |
The Best of the Nebulas | 1989-04-00 | ed. Ben Bova | Tor | 0-312-93184-0 | $19.95?$: US dollar |
593 | hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
anth | Doug Fornuff | |
The Best of the Nebulas | 1989-04-00 | ed. Ben Bova | Tor | 0-312-93175-1 | $14.95?$: US dollar |
593 | 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 | Doug Fornuff | |
The Best of the Nebulas | 1990-11-00 | ed. Ben Bova | Robert Hale | 0-7090-4258-2 | £15.95?£: UK pound |
573 | hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
anth | Helen Hale | |
Von Lem bis Varley | 1993-00-00 | ed. James Gunn | Heyne (Bibliothek der Science Fiction Literatur #98) | 3-453-05798-8 | DM 14.90?DM: German (Deutsche) mark |
335 | pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper. |
anth | Ashley Pearce | |
Women of Wonder, the Classic Years: Science Fiction by Women from the 1940s to the 1970s | 1995-08-00 | ed. Pamela Sargent | Harvest / Harcourt Brace | 0-15-600031-8 | $15.00?$: US dollar |
viii+ 440 |
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 | Michael Koelsch | |
Anticipația CPSF 528-529?Anticipatia CPSF 528-529 |
1995-11-00 | ed. Mihai-Dan Pavelescu | Știință & Tehnică?Shtiintsa & Tehnicah |
Lei 1,500?Lei: Romanian leu |
64 | 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. |
mag |
Victor Sfîrlea?Victor Sfirlea
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From Here to Forever | 1997-01-00 | ed. James Gunn | Borealis / White Wolf Publishing | 1-56504-822-9 / WW 11090 | $14.99?$: US dollar |
601 | 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 | ||
A Woman's Liberation: A Choice of Futures by and About Women | 2001-10-00 | ed. Sheila Williams, Connie Willis | Aspect / Warner Books | 0-446-67742-6 | $12.95?$: US dollar |
xvi+ 302 |
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 | Franco Accornero | |
From Here to Forever | 2003-05-00 | ed. James Gunn | Scarecrow Press | 0-8108-4670-5 | $39.50?$: US dollar |
xxix+ 527 |
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 | ||
Across the Spectrum | 2013-11-05 | ed. Pati Nagle, Deborah J. Ross | Book View Café | 978-1-61138-337-9 | $5.99?$: US dollar |
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF. |
anth | |||
Nebula 2 1970. - 1974. | 2015-11-00 | ed. Davorin Horak | Hangar 7 (Nébula #2) | 978-953-57638-3-3 | kn 299.00?kn: Croatian kuna |
511 | hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
anth | Philippe Bouchet | |
Analog Science Fiction and Fact, July-August 2020 | 2020-07-00 | ed. Trevor Quachri | Dell Magazines | $7.99?$: US dollar |
212 | digest?Digest-size magazine, including both standard digest size, at about 7" by 4.5", and also large digest, such as recent issues of Asimov's, which are about 8.25" by 5.125". |
mag | Dominic Harman | ||
The Future Is Female! More Classic Science Fiction Stories by Women, Volume Two: The 1970s | 2022-09-00 | ed. Lisa Yaszek | The Library of America | 978-1-59853-732-1 | $27.95?$: US dollar |
xxxii+ 492 |
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
anth | Karel Thole | |
Fireflood and Other Stories | date unknown | Vonda N. McIntyre | Pan Books | 0-330-26537-7 | £2.50?£: UK pound |
256 | pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper. |
coll | Chris Achilleos |
Reviews
- Review by Janice Bogstad (1976) in Janus, March 1976
- Review by Steven Sawicki (2002) in Science Fiction Chronicle, #220 January 2002