Stations of the Tide
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| Author | Michael Swanwick |
|---|---|
| Cover artist | Daniel Horne |
| Language | English |
| Genre | Science fiction |
| Publisher | William Morrow and Company |
Publication date | 1991 |
| Publication place | United States |
| Media type | Print (hardback & paperback) |
| Pages | 252 |
| ISBN | 0-688-10451-7 |
| OCLC | 22207452 |
| 813/.54 20 | |
| LC Class | PS3569.W28 S7 1991 |
Stations of the Tide is a science fiction novel by American author Michael Swanwick. Prior to being published in book form in 1991, it was serialized in Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine in two parts, starting in mid-December 1990.
It won the Nebula Award for Best Novel in 1991,[1] was nominated for both the Hugo and Campbell Awards in 1992,[2] and was nominated for the Arthur C. Clarke Award in 1993.[3]
Plot introduction
Stations of the Tide is the story of an unnamed bureaucrat with the Department of Technology Transfer. The story opens with the bureaucrat descending to the surface of the planet Miranda to hunt a magician who has smuggled proscribed technology past the orbital embargo, seeking to bring him to justice before the world is transformed by the flood of the Jubilee Tides.
References
- ^ "1991 Award Winners & Nominees". Worlds Without End. Retrieved 2009-08-05.
- ^ "1992 Award Winners & Nominees". Worlds Without End. Retrieved 2009-08-05.
- ^ "1993 Award Winners & Nominees". Worlds Without End. Retrieved 2009-08-05.
External links
- Stations of the Tide title listing at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database
- Stations of the Tide at Worlds Without End
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