Title: Pirates of the Somali Coast
Title Record # 852203
Author: Terry Bisson
Date: 2007-09-00
Type: SHORTFICTION
Length: short story
Language: English
Current Tags: non-genre satire (1) Add Tags
Author: Terry Bisson
Date: 2007-09-00
Type: SHORTFICTION
Length: short story
Language: English
Note: First published in Subterranean 7.
While this was included in a Science Fiction anthology it is a a non-genre story. The editor's introduction in Year's Best SF 13 reports “... a bitterly ironic satire on contemporary cruise ship culture and Somali pirates (and Disney pirate films) ... as powerful as the Harlan Ellison satires of the 1960s.”
Synopsis: A child writes a series of one-way e-mails to his parents from the game room on a cruise ship. Pirates board and occupy the ship with the child obviously not understanding the concepts of death and the ramification of other abuse from the pirates. He seems to believe that at the end of "Pirate Week" things will revert to normal.
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Awards
| Place | Year and Award | Category |
|---|---|---|
| 10 | 2008 Locus | Best Short Story |
Publications
| Title | Date | Author/Editor | Publisher/Pub. Series | ISBN/Catalog ID | Price | Pages | Format | Type | Cover Artist | Verif |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Subterranean, Issue #7 | 2007-09-00 | ed. Ellen Datlow | Subterranean Press | $6.00?$: US dollar |
116 | quarto?8.5" by 11" magazine, usually saddle-stapled, instead of side-stapled or glued |
mag | Vincent Chong | ||
| Year's Best SF 13 | 2008-06-00 | ed. Kathryn Cramer, David G. Hartwell | Eos / HarperCollins | 978-0-06-125209-9 | $7.99?$: US dollar |
xiii+ 496 |
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 | Paul Youll |  |
| Year's Best SF 13 | 2008-07-00 | ed. Kathryn Cramer, David G. Hartwell | Eos / HarperCollins / SFBC | 978-0-7394-9656-5 / 1256643 | $13.99?$: US dollar |
xiii+ 496 |
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
anth | Paul Youll | |
| Year's Best SF 13 | 2009-10-00 | ed. Kathryn Cramer, David G. Hartwell | HarperCollins e-books | 978-0-06-198346-7 | $7.99?$: US dollar |
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF. |
anth | |||
| TVA Baby and Other Stories | 2011-04-00 | Terry Bisson | PM Press (Spectacular Fiction) | 978-1-60486-405-2 | $14.95?$: US dollar |
170 | 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 | John Yates | |
| TVA Baby and Other Stories | 2011-04-01 | Terry Bisson | PM Press | 978-1-60486-548-6 | $12.00?$: US dollar |
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF. |
coll |