Title: Swarmer, Skimmer
Title Record # 57459
Author: Gregory Benford
Date: 1981-10-00
Type: SHORTFICTION
Length: novella
Series: Ocean / Galactic Center
Language: English
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Author: Gregory Benford
Date: 1981-10-00
Type: SHORTFICTION
Length: novella
Series: Ocean / Galactic Center
Language: English
Note: A variant of this story is incorporated into the novel Across the Sea of Suns
Synopsis: For some time now, Earth has been heavily influenced by the aliens, who have conquered the oceans, sinking a lot of the ships, making that kind of transportation of goods impossible. Warren works with that kind of ship anyway, because he can't get any other kind of job. Until the shipwreck and the long days on the raft. Often meeting the swimming aliens.
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Awards
| Place | Year and Award | Category |
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| 11 | 1982 Locus | Best Novella |
| Nomination | 1982 Nebula | Novella |
Publications
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| Title | Date | Author/Editor | Publisher/Pub. Series | ISBN/Catalog ID | Price | Pages | Format | Type | Cover Artist | Verif |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Science Fiction Digest, October-November 1981 | 1981-10-00 | ed. Shawna McCarthy | Davis Publications | $1.50?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD |
192 | 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 | |||
| The Best Science Fiction of the Year #11 | 1982-07-00 | ed. Terry Carr | Timescape / Pocket Books | 0-671-44483-2 | $3.95?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD |
viii+ 438 |
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 | ||
| The Best Science Fiction of the Year 11 | 1982-11-00 | ed. Terry Carr | Gollancz (Gollancz SF Series (4)) | 0-575-03156-5 | £9.95?£: UK pound. ISO code: GBP |
viii+ 430 |
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
anth | ||
| Die schönsten Science Fiction Stories des Jahres: Band 2 | 1984-02-00 | ed. Terry Carr | Heyne (Heyne Science Fiction & Fantasy #4047) | 3-453-30990-1 | DM 9.80?DM: German (Deutsche) mark. ISO code: DEM in 1948-1999 |
526 | 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 | ||
| The Mammoth Book of Modern Science Fiction: Short Novels of the 1980s | 1993-00-00 | ed. Isaac Asimov, Martin H. Greenberg, Charles G. Waugh | Carroll & Graf | 0-88184-959-6 | $9.95?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD |
534 | 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 | Gerry Grace | |
| The Mammoth Book of Modern Science Fiction: Short Novels of the 1980s | 1993-00-00 | ed. Isaac Asimov, Martin H. Greenberg, Charles G. Waugh | Robinson | 1-85487-181-1 | £5.99?£: UK pound. ISO code: GBP |
534 | 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 | Gerry Grace | |
| Science Fiction | 2004-00-00 | ed. Isaac Asimov, Martin H. Greenberg, Charles G. Waugh | W. H. Smith | 1-84529-107-7 | £4.99?£: UK pound. ISO code: GBP |
534 | 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 | Martin Buchan |