Title: The People of Sand and Slag

Title: The People of Sand and Slag Title Record # 194440
Author: Paolo Bacigalupi
Date: 2004-02-00
Type: SHORTFICTION
Length: novelette
Webpages: drabblecast.org, Wikipedia-EN
Language: English

Synopsis: In a future where humans are kept alive by nanobots which repair all bodily damage and convert any type of matter into nutrition, and where all animals are extinct and replaced by bioengineered humans, three security officers find a single feral dog.

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Translations

Year	Language	Title
2008^ⓘTranslated by Silviu Genescu and/or Roxana Brinceanu and/or Laura Bocancios and/or Gabriel Stoian and/or Antuza Genescu and/or Ana-Veronica Mircea	Romanian	Oameni de nisip și zgură^?Oameni de nisip si zgura
2012^ⓘTranslated by 中原尚哉(Nakahara Naoya)	Japanese	砂と灰の人々^?すなとはいのひとびと Suna to Hai no Hitibito [as by パオロ・バチガルピ^?Paoro Bachigarupi ]
2013^ⓘTranslated by Manuel de los Reyes	Spanish	Seres de arena y escoria
2014^ⓘTranslated by Julien Bétan	French	Peuple de sable et de poussière
2019^ⓘTranslated by Rogerio Galindo and/or Rosiane Correia de Freitas	Portuguese	O povo da areia e da escória

Awards

Place	Year and Award	Category
11	2005 Locus	Best Novelette
3	2005 Hugo	Best Novelette
Nomination	2006 Nebula	Novelette

Publications

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Title	Date	Author/Editor	Publisher/Pub. Series	ISBN/Catalog ID	Price	Pages	Format	Type	Cover Artist
The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, February 2004	2004-02-00	ed. Gordon Van Gelder	Spilogale, Inc.		$3.99^?$: US dollar	164	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	Bob Eggleton
Science Fiction: The Best of 2004	2005-01-00	ed. Karen Haber, Jonathan Strahan	ibooks	1-59019-543-4	$7.99^?$: US dollar		ebook^?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.	anth
Science Fiction: The Best of 2004	2005-02-00	ed. Karen Haber, Jonathan Strahan	ibooks	1-4165-0404-4	$7.99^?$: US dollar	xii+ 404	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	Danny Cardle
The Year's Best Science Fiction: Twenty-Second Annual Collection	2005-07-00	ed. Gardner Dozois	St. Martin's Griffin	0-312-33659-4	$35.00^?$: US dollar	xl+ 663	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	anth	Stephan Martiniere
The Year's Best Science Fiction: Twenty-Second Annual Collection	2005-07-00	ed. Gardner Dozois	St. Martin's Griffin	0-312-33660-8	$19.95^?$: US dollar	xl+ 663	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	Stephan Martiniere
The Year's Best Science Fiction: Twenty-Second Annual Collection	2005-07-00	ed. Gardner Dozois	St. Martin's Griffin / SFBC	1188574	$14.99^?$: US dollar	lii+ 822	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	anth	Stephan Martiniere
The Mammoth Book of Best New Science Fiction: 18th Annual Collection	2005-09-00	ed. Gardner Dozois	Robinson	1-84529-116-6	£9.99^?£: UK pound	xlv+ 722	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 People of Sand and Slag	2006-01-00	Paolo Bacigalupi	Fictionwise		$0.00^?$: US dollar		ebook^?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.	chap
Wastelands: Stories of the Apocalypse	2008-01-00	ed. John Joseph Adams	Night Shade Books	978-1-59780-238-3	$9.99^?$: US dollar		ebook^?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.	anth	Daniel Kvasznicza
Wastelands: Stories of the Apocalypse	2008-01-00	ed. John Joseph Adams	Night Shade Books	978-1-59780-105-8	$15.95^?$: US dollar	333	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	Daniel Kvasznicza
Wastelands: Stories of the Apocalypse	2008-01-00	ed. John Joseph Adams	Night Shade Books	978-1-59780-105-8	$15.95^?$: US dollar	333	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	Daniel Kvasznicza
Pump Six and Other Stories	2008-02-00	Paolo Bacigalupi	Night Shade Books	978-1-59780-134-8	$49.00^?$: US dollar	248	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	coll	Claudia Noble
Pump Six and Other Stories	2008-02-00	Paolo Bacigalupi	Night Shade Books	978-1-59780-133-1	$24.95^?$: US dollar	239	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	coll	Claudia Noble
Pump Six and Other Stories	2008-02-01	Paolo Bacigalupi	Night Shade Books	978-1-59780-237-6	$6.00^?$: US dollar		ebook^?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.	coll	Claudia Noble
Pump Six and Other Stories	2008-02-01	Paolo Bacigalupi	Start Publishing	978-1-59780-237-6	$14.99^?$: US dollar		ebook^?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.	coll
The Year's Best Science Fiction (vol. III)	2008-05-00	ed. Gardner Dozois	Editura Nemira (Nautilus)	978-973-143-175-8		736	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	Stephan Martiniere
Pump Six and Other Stories	2010-12-00	Paolo Bacigalupi	Night Shade Books	978-1-59780-202-4	$14.99^?$: US dollar	239	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	Claudia Noble
Pump Six and Other Stories	2010-12-00	Paolo Bacigalupi	Brilliance Audio	978-1-4418-9220-1	$29.99^?$: US dollar		audio CD^?Compact disc with standard audio tracks	coll
第六ポンプ^?だいろくポンプ Dairoku Ponpu	2012-02-05	パオロ・バチガルピ^?Paoro Bachigarupi	早川書房^?Hayakawa Shobō Hayakawa Shobo はやかわしょぼうハヤカワショボウ		¥972^?¥: Japanese yen		ebook^?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.	coll	鈴木康士^?すずきやすし Suzuki Yasushi
第六ポンプ^?だいろくポンプ Dairoku Ponpu	2012-02-06	パオロ・バチガルピ^?Paoro Bachigarupi	早川書房^?Hayakawa Shobō Hayakawa Shobo はやかわしょぼうハヤカワショボウ	978-4-15-011934-8	¥1,058^?¥: Japanese yen	510	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	鈴木康士^?すずきやすし Suzuki Yasushi
The Mammoth Book of Best New Science Fiction: 18th Annual Collection	2012-03-01	ed. Gardner Dozois	Robinson	978-1-78033-721-0	£2.49^?£: UK pound		ebook^?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.	anth
The Drabblecast, #261	2012-10-30	ed. Norm Sherman	The Drabblecast		$0.00^?$: US dollar		digital audio download^?Digital recording in any format that is downloaded directly from the Internet. This category includes podcasts.	mag
Wastelands: Stories of the Apocalypse	2013-06-00	ed. John Joseph Adams	Orbit	978-1-4055-2883-2	£2.99^?£: UK pound		ebook^?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.	anth
La bomba número seis y otros relatos	2013-06-06	Paolo Bacigalupi	Fantascy	978-84-15831-02-0	€18.90^?€: Euro	395	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	Guillermo Kelly
La fille-flûte et autres fragments de futurs brisés	2014-05-00	Paolo Bacigalupi	Au Diable Vauvert	978-2-84626-798-4	€23.00^?€: Euro	434	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	Olivier Fontvieille
The Very Best of Fantasy & Science Fiction, Volume 2	2014-07-15	ed. Gordon Van Gelder	Tachyon Publications	978-1-61696-163-3	$15.95^?$: US dollar	419	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	Thomas Canty
Wastelands: Stories of the Apocalypse	2015-01-00	ed. John Joseph Adams	Titan Books	978-1-78329-148-9	$7.99^?$: US dollar	592	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
La fille-flûte et autres fragments de futurs brisés	2015-10-14	Paolo Bacigalupi	J'ai Lu (J'ai Lu - Science Fiction #11232)	978-2-290-03265-7		416	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	Aurélien Police^?Aurelien Police
Mundos apocalípticos: histórias do fim dos tempos	2019-08-23	ed. John Joseph Adams	Planeta Minotauro	978-85-422-1719-3	R$30.04^?R$: Brazilian real	567	ebook^?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.	anth	Christophe Dessaigne
Wastelands: Stories of the Apocalypse	date unknown	ed. John Joseph Adams	Night Shade Books	978-1-59780-105-8	C$19.95^?C$: Canadian dollar	333	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	Daniel Kvasznicza
Wastelands: Stories of the Apocalypse	date unknown	ed. John Joseph Adams	Titan Books	978-1-78329-148-9	$8.99^?$: US dollar	592	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
Wastelands: Stories of the Apocalypse	date unknown	ed. John Joseph Adams	Night Shade Books	978-1-59780-105-8	$15.95^?$: US dollar	333	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	Daniel Kvasznicza
Pump Six and Other Stories	date unknown	Paolo Bacigalupi	Night Shade Books	1-59780-133-X	$24.95^?$: US dollar	239	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	coll	Claudia Noble

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Review by Matthew Sanborn Smith (2008) in StarShipSofa, No 45