Title: Elegy for a Young Elk
Title Record # 1138404
Author: Hannu Rajaniemi
Date: 2010-05-00
Type: SHORTFICTION
Length: short story
Webpages: starshipsofa.com-1, starshipsofa.com-2
Language: English
Current Tags: Poetry (1), science fiction (1), post apocalypse (1), angels (1) Add Tags
Author: Hannu Rajaniemi
Date: 2010-05-00
Type: SHORTFICTION
Length: short story
Webpages: starshipsofa.com-1, starshipsofa.com-2
Language: English
Synopsis: "A man in a post-apocalyptic world is tasked by a science-fictional angel from the heavens to enter a fire-walled city to retrieve something of theirs that has fallen from their realm and crashed there." — Dan Smyth
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Awards
| Place | Year and Award | Category |
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| Win | 2011 SF&FT Awards | Short Form Award |
| 20 | 2011 Locus | Best Short Story |
| Nominations Below Cutoff | 2011 Hugo | Best Short Story |
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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| Subterranean Online, Spring 2010 | 2010-05-00 | ed. Jonathan Strahan | Subterranean Press | $0?$: US dollar |
webzine?Used for Internet-based periodical publications which are otherwise not downloadable as an "ebook". |
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| The Best Science Fiction and Fantasy of the Year Volume Five | 2011-03-00 | ed. Jonathan Strahan | Night Shade Books | 978-1-59780-172-0 | $19.99?$: US dollar |
536 | 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 | Sparth | |
| The Best Science Fiction and Fantasy of the Year Volume Five | 2011-03-01 | ed. Jonathan Strahan | Night Shade Books | 978-1-59780-304-5 | $9.99?$: US dollar |
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF. |
anth | Sparth | ||
| The Year's Best Science Fiction: Twenty-Eighth Annual Collection | 2011-07-00 | ed. Gardner Dozois | St. Martin's Griffin | 978-0-312-56950-1 | $21.99?$: US dollar |
xli+ 662 |
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 | Slawek Wojtowicz | |
| The Year's Best Science Fiction: Twenty-Eighth Annual Collection | 2011-07-00 | ed. Gardner Dozois | St. Martin's Griffin | 978-0-312-54633-5 | $40.00?$: US dollar |
xli+ 662 |
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
anth | Slawek Wojtowicz | |
| StarShipSofa, No 199 | 2011-07-29 | ed. Tony C. Smith | StarShipSofa | $0.00?$: 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 Year's Top Ten Tales of Science Fiction 3 | 2011-07-29 | ed. Allan Kaster | Infinivox | 978-1-884612-96-1 | $35.99?$: US dollar |
audio CD?Compact disc with standard audio tracks |
anth | Maurizio Manzieri | ||
| The Year's Top Ten Tales of Science Fiction 3 | 2011-07-29 | ed. Allan Kaster | Infinivox | $2.99?$: US dollar |
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF. |
anth | Maurizio Manzieri | |||
| The Year's Top Ten Tales of Science Fiction 3 | 2011-08-15 | ed. Allan Kaster | Infinivox | $25.19?$: US dollar |
digital audio download?Digital recording in any format that is downloaded directly from the Internet. This category includes podcasts. |
anth | Maurizio Manzieri | |||
| The Mammoth Book of Best New SF 24 | 2011-09-15 | ed. Gardner Dozois | Robinson | 978-1-84901-373-4 | £9.99?£: UK pound |
720 | 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 | joeroberts.co.uk | |
| The Year's Best Science Fiction: Twenty-Eighth Annual Collection | 2012-01-00 | ed. Gardner Dozois | St. Martin's Press / SFBC | 1346868 | $23.99?$: US dollar |
xli+ 662 |
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
anth | Slawek Wojtowicz | |
| Million Writers Award: The Best Online Science Fiction and Fantasy | 2012-06-04 | ed. Jason Sanford | Spotlight Publishing | 978-0-9768469-8-7 | $15.95?$: US dollar |
234 | 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 | ||
| It Came From the North: An Anthology of Finnish Speculative Fiction | 2013-12-13 | ed. Desirina Boskovich | Cheeky Frawg Books | $2.99?$: US dollar |
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF. |
anth | Jeremy Zerfoss | |
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| The Year's Best Science Fiction (vol. VIII) | 2014-04-14 | ed. Gardner Dozois | Editura Nemira (Nautilus) | 978-606-579-454-2 | Lei 10?Lei: Romanian leu |
728 | 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 | ||
| Hannu Rajaniemi: Collected Fiction | 2015-05-00 | Hannu Rajaniemi | Tachyon Publications | 978-1-61696-192-3 | $25.95?$: US dollar |
242+ [1] |
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
coll | Lius Lasahido | |
| Invisible Planets: Collected Fiction | 2016-05-26 | Hannu Rajaniemi | Gollancz | 978-1-4732-1022-6 | £14.99?£: UK pound |
242 | 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 | Lius Lasahido | |
| Invisible Planets: Collected Fiction | 2016-05-26 | Hannu Rajaniemi | Gollancz | 978-1-4732-1024-0 | £7.99?£: UK pound |
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF. |
coll | |||
| Invisible Planets: Collected Fiction | 2017-03-09 | Hannu Rajaniemi | Gollancz | 978-1-4732-1023-3 | £8.99?£: UK pound |
242+ 13 |
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 | Lius Lasahido | |
| Invisible Planets: Collected Fiction | 2017-05-09 | Hannu Rajaniemi | Gollancz | 978-1-4732-1023-3 | $13.99?$: US dollar |
352 | 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 | Lius Lasahido | |
| StarShipSofa, No 519 | 2018-01-10 | 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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| Nordic Visions: The Best of Nordic Speculative Fiction | 2023-10-10 |
ed.
Margrét Helgadóttir?Margret Helgadottir |
Solaris | 978-1-83786-029-6 | $16.99?$: US dollar |
352 | 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 |
Reviews
- Review by Matthew Sanborn Smith (2010) in StarShipSofa, No 159