Title: The Pill
Title Record # 2738281
Author: Meg Elison
Date: 2020-05-21
Type: SHORTFICTION
Length: novelette
Webpages: escapepod.org-1, escapepod.org-2
Language: English
Current Tags: near future (1), science fiction (1), young-adult sf (1), first person point of view (1), female protagonist (1), fat people (1), sexual deviance (1) Add Tags
Author: Meg Elison
Date: 2020-05-21
Type: SHORTFICTION
Length: novelette
Webpages: escapepod.org-1, escapepod.org-2
Language: English
Synopsis: When a pill is discovered that makes everybody slim, a fat girl refuses to take it.
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Current Tags: near future (1), science fiction (1), young-adult sf (1), first person point of view (1), female protagonist (1), fat people (1), sexual deviance (1) Add Tags
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1 | 2021 Locus | Best Novelette | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
2 | 2021 Sturgeon | Best Short Science Fiction | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
4 ⓘCast Ballots 1499 (63.5%)
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2021 Hugo | Best Novelette | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Nomination | 2021 Nebula | Novelette |
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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Big Girl Plus The Pill Plus Such People in It and Much More | 2020-05-21 | Meg Elison | PM Press (Outspoken Authors #25) | 978-1-62963-810-2 | $8.95?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD |
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF. |
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Big Girl Plus The Pill Plus Such People in It and Much More | 2020-06-15 | Meg Elison | PM Press (Outspoken Authors #25) | 978-1-62963-783-9 | $14.00?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD |
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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. |
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The Year's Best Science Fiction: Volume 2 | 2021-09-14 | ed. Jonathan Strahan | Saga Press | 978-1-5344-4962-6 | $18.99?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD |
xxxvi+ 587 |
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. |
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The Year's Best Science Fiction: Volume 2 | 2021-09-14 | ed. Jonathan Strahan | Saga Press | 978-1-5344-4964-0 | $7.99?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD |
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF. |
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The Best American Science Fiction and Fantasy 2021 | 2021-10-12 | ed. Veronica Roth | Mariner Books | 978-0-358-46996-4 | $16.99?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD |
xxi+ 404 |
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. |
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The Best American Science Fiction and Fantasy 2021 | 2021-10-12 | ed. Veronica Roth | Mariner Books | 978-0-358-47007-6 | $9.99?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD |
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The Best American Science Fiction and Fantasy 2021 | 2021-10-12 | ed. Veronica Roth | HarperAudio | 978-0-358-57839-0 | $11.89?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD |
digital audio download?Digital recording in any format that is downloaded directly from the Internet. This category includes podcasts. |
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The Best American Science Fiction and Fantasy 2021 | 2021-10-12 | ed. Veronica Roth | HarperAudio | 978-0-358-57880-2 | $16.99?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD |
audio CD?Compact disc with standard audio tracks |
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Escape Pod, 3 November 2022 | 2022-11-03 | ed. Mur Lafferty, Valerie Valdes | Escape Artists, Inc. | $0.00?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD |
digital audio download?Digital recording in any format that is downloaded directly from the Internet. This category includes podcasts. |
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Escape Pod, 10 November 2022 | 2022-11-10 | ed. Mur Lafferty, Valerie Valdes | Escape Artists, Inc. | $0.00?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD |
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Reviews
- Review by Maria Haskins (2023) in Strange Horizons, 23 January 2023