Title: The Day Before They Came

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Title: The Day Before They Came Title Record # 82583
Author: Mary Soon Lee
Date: 1998-07-00
Type: SHORTFICTION
Length: short story
Language: English

Note: First published in Interzone, July 1998.

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Translations

Year	Language	Title
2000^ⓘTranslated by Roldano Romanelli	Italian	Il giorno prima del loro arrivo

Awards

Place	Year and Award	Category
Nomination	1998 BSFA	Best Short Fiction

Publications

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Title	Date	Author/Editor	Publisher/Pub. Series	ISBN/Catalog ID	Price	Pages	Format	Type	Cover Artist
Interzone, #133 July 1998	1998-07-00	ed. David Pringle	David Pringle		£3.00^?£: UK pound	68	A4^?21 cm by 29.7 cm or 8.3" by 11.7" magazine, used by some UK and European magazines	mag	Dominic Harman
Year's Best SF 4	1999-06-00	ed. David G. Hartwell	HarperPrism	0-06-105902-1	$6.50^?$: US dollar	xi+ 484	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	John Harris
Year's Best SF 4	1999-07-00	ed. David G. Hartwell	HarperPrism / SFBC	0-7394-0351-6 / 01419	$9.98^?$: US dollar	xi+ 484	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	anth	John Harris
Ebb Tides and Other Tales	2002-09-00	Mary Soon Lee	Dark Regions Press	1-888993-31-6	$12.95^?$: US dollar	205	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	A. B. Word
Year's Best SF 4	2009-10-00	ed. David G. Hartwell	HarperCollins e-books	978-0-06-175779-2	$0.99^?$: US dollar		ebook^?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.	anth
Year's Best SF 4	date unknown	ed. David G. Hartwell	HarperPrism	0-06-105902-1	$6.50^?$: US dollar	xi+ 484	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	John Harris

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