A list of works by or about American science fiction author
Nancy Kress
Nancy Anne Kress (born January 20, 1948) is an American science fiction writer. She began writing in 1976 but has achieved her greatest notice since the publication of her Hugo- and Nebula-winning 1991 novella ''Beggars in Spain'', which became a ...
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Novels
*''The Prince of Morning Bells'', (Timescape / Pocket Oct. 1981) / revised: (FoxAcre Press May 2000)
*''The Golden Grove'', (Bluejay Books March 1984)
*''The White Pipes'', (Bluejay Books Jan. 1985)
*''An Alien Light'', (Arbor House / William Morrow Jan. 1988) / (Legend Nov. 1988)
*''Brain Rose'', (William Morrow Jan. 1990)
*''Maximum Light'', (Tor Jan. 1997)
*''Yanked!'', (Avon June 1999) from David Brin's Out of Time series
*''Nothing Human'', (Golden Gryphon Press Sep. 2003)
*''Dogs'', (
Tachyon Publications July 2008)
*''Steal Across the Sky'', (Tor Feb. 2009)
*''After the Fall, Before the Fall, During the Fall'' (Tachyon Publications April 2012)
*''Flash Point'', (Viking Nov. 2012)
*''Sea Change'', (Tachyon Publications May 2020)
*''The Eleventh Gate'', (Baen Books May 5, 2020)
*''
Observer'', (The Story Plant, January 2023) – with
Robert Lanza
Robert Lanza (born 11 February 1956 in Boston, Massachusetts) is an American medical doctor and scientist, currently Head of Astellas Global Regenerative Medicine, and Chief Scientific Officer of the Astellas Institute for Regenerative Medici ...
;The Sleepless
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Beggars and Choosers'', (Tor Oct. 1994)
#''Beggars Ride'', (Tor Nov. 1996)
#"Sleeping Dogs," (nv) Far Horizons: All New Tales from the Greatest Worlds of Science Fiction, ed. Robert Silverberg, Avon Eos May 1999
;FBI Agent Robert Cavanaugh
#''Oaths and Miracles'', (Tor Jan. 1996)
#''Stinger'', (Tor Oct. 1998)
#"Plant Engineering," (ss) ''Death Dines at 8:30'', ed. Claudia Bishop & Nick DiChario, Berkley 2001
;Probability
The Probability series, also known as Faller's War, is loosely based on Kress'
Nebula Award
The Nebula Awards annually recognize the best works of science fiction or fantasy published in the United States. The awards are organized and awarded by the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America (SFWA), a nonprofit association of profe ...
-winning novelette "The Flowers of Aulit Prison", published in the October/November 1996 issue of ''Asimov’s Science Fiction''
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Probability Moon'', (Tor July 2000)
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Probability Sun'', (Tor July 2001)
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Probability Space'', (Tor Sep. 2002)
;Greentrees
#''Crossfire'', (Tor Feb. 2003)
#''Crucible'', (Tor Aug. 2004)
;Soulvine Moor Chronicles
Published under the name "Anna Kendall"
#''Crossing Over'', (Gollancz June 2010 / Viking Oct. 2010)
#''Dark Mist Rising'', (Gollancz May 2011)
#''A Bright and Terrible Sword'', (Gollancz Jan. 2013)
;Yesterday's Kin Trilogy
#''Tomorrow's Kin'', (Tor July 2017); a full-length novel which uses the following novella as its opening section:
#*''Yesterday's Kin'', (Tachyon Publications Sep. 2014)
#''If Tomorrow Comes'', (Tor March 20, 2018)
#''Terran Tomorrow'', (Tor Nov. 2018)
Short fiction
;Collections
* ''Trinity and Other Stories'', (Bluejay Books Aug. 1985)
**''Explaining Nancy Kress, Gene Wolfe'', (in) *
**"With the Original Cast," (nv) ''Omni'' May 1982
**"Casey’s Empire," (ss) ''F&SF'' Nov. 1981
**"Talp Hunt," (ss) Universe 12, ed. Terry Carr, Doubleday 1982
**"Against a Crooked Stile," (nv) ''Asimov’s'' May 1979
**"Explanations, Inc.," (ss) ''F&SF'' July 1984
read online**"Shadows on the Cave Wall," (nv) Universe 11, ed. Terry Carr, Doubleday 1981
**"Ten Thousand Pictures, One Word," (ss) ''Twilight Zone'' July/Aug. 1984
**"Night Win," (nv) ''Asimov’s'' Sep. 1983
**"Borovsky’s Hollow Woman," (with Jeff Duntemann), (nv) ''Omni'' Oct 1983
**"
Out of All Them Bright Stars "Out of All Them Bright Stars" is a science fiction short story by Nancy Kress. It was first published in ''The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction'', in 1985.
Synopsis
Sally Gourley is a waitress at a diner who watches as an alien tries to ord ...
," (ss) ''F&SF'' Mar. 1985
**"Trinity," (na) ''Asimov’s'' Oct. 1984
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The Aliens of Earth
''The Aliens of Earth'' is a collection of science fiction stories by American writer Nancy Kress. It was released in 1993 and was the author's first book published by Arkham House . It was published in an edition of 3,520 copies. Most of the stori ...
'', (Arkham House Oct. 1993)
**"The Price of Oranges," (nv) ''Asimov’s'' April 1989
**"Glass," (ss) ''Asimov’s'' Sept. 1987
**"People Like Us," (ss) ''Asimov’s'' Sept. 1989
read online**"Cannibals," (nv) ''Asimov’s'' May 1987
**"To Scale," (ss) Xanadu, ed. Jane Yolen & Martin Harry Greenberg, Tor 1993
**"Touchdown," (ss) ''Asimov’s'' Oct. 1990
**"Down Behind Cuba Lake," (ss) ''Asimov’s'' Sept. 1986
**"In a World Like This," (ss) ''Omni'' Oct. 1988
**"Philippa’s Hands," (ss) Full Spectrum, ed. Lou Aronica & Shawna McCarthy, Bantam 1988
**"Inertia," (nv) ''Analog'' Jan. 1990
**"Phone Repairs," (ss) ''Asimov’s'' Dec. 1986
**"The Battle of Long Island," (ss) ''Omni'' Feb./March 1993
**"Renaissance," (ss) ''Asimov’s'' mid-Dec. 1989
**"Spillage," (ss) ''F&SF'' April 1988
read online**"The Mountain to Mohammed," (ss) ''Asimov’s'' April 1992
**"Craps," (ss) ''Asimov’s'' March 1988
**"And Wild For to Hold," (na) ''Asimov’s'' July 1991
**"In Memoriam," (ss) ''Asimov’s'' June 1988
*''Beaker’s Dozen'', (Tor Aug. 1998)
**''Introduction'', (in) *
**"Beggars in Spain," (na) Axolotl Press/Pulphouse Feb. 1991 / ''Asimov's'' April 1991
**"Feigenbaum Number," (ss) ''Omni'' Winter 1995
ot seen until 1996**"Margin of Error," (ss) ''Omni'' Oct. 1994
read online**"Fault Lines," (na) ''Asimov’s'' Aug. 1995
**"Unto The Daughters," (ss) Sisters in Fantasy, ed. Susan Shwartz & Martin H. Greenberg, Roc 1995
**"Evolution," (nv) ''Asimov’s'' Oct. 1995
**"Ars Longa," (ss) By Any Other Fame, ed. Mike Resnick & Martin Harry Greenberg, DAW 1993
**"Sex Education," (nv) Intersections, ed. John Kessel, Mark L. Van Name & Richard Butner, Tor 1996
**"Grant Us This Day," (ss) ''Asimov’s'' Sept. 1993; slightly revised here
**"The Flowers of Aulit Prison," (nv) ''Asimov’s'' Oct./Nov. 1996
**"Summer Wind," (ss) Ruby Slippers, Golden Tears, ed. Ellen Datlow & Terri Windling, AvoNova/William Morrow 1995
**"Always True to Thee, in My Fashion," (ss) ''Asimov’s'' Jan. 1997
read online**"Dancing on Air," (na) ''Asimov’s'' July 1993
*''Nano Comes to Clifford Falls and Other Stories'', (Golden Gryphon Press May 2008)
**''Foreword, Mike Resnick'', (in) *
**"Nano Comes to Clifford Falls," (ss) ''Asimov’s'' July 2006
**"Patent Infringement," (ss) ''Asimov’s'' May 2002
**"Computer Virus," (nv) ''Asimov’s'' April 2001
**"Product Development," (vi) ''Nature'' March 16, 2006
**"The Most Famous Little Girl in the World," (nv) ''SciFiction'' May 8, 2002
read online**"Savior," (na) ''Asimov’s'' June 2000
**"Ej-Es," (nv) Stars: Original Stories Based on the Songs of Janis Ian, ed. Janis Ian & Mike Resnick, DAW 2003
read online**"Shiva in Shadow," (na) Between Worlds, ed. Robert Silverberg, SFBC 2004
**"First Flight," (ss) Space Cadets, ed. Mike Resnick, L.A.WorldCon/SciFi, Inc., Aug. 2006
**"To Cuddle Amy," (vi) ''Asimov’s'' Aug. 2000
**"Wetlands Preserve," (nv) ''SciFiction'' Sep. 27 2000
**"Mirror Image," (na) One Million A.D., ed. Gardner Dozois, SFBC Dec. 2005
**"My Mother, Dancing," (ss) ''Asimov’s'' June 2004; first appeared in French in Destination 3001, ed. Robert Silverberg & Jacques Chambon, Flammarion 2000
*''Five Stories'', (self-published ebook July 2011)
**"The Flowers of Aulit Prison," (nv) ''Asimov’s'' Oct/Nov 1996
**"Exegesis," (ss) ''Asimov's'' April/May 2009
**"Margin of Error," (ss) ''Omni'' Oct. 1994
**"Patent Infringement," (ss) ''Asimov's'' May 2002
**"To Cuddle Amy," (vi) ''Asimov's'' Aug. 2000
*''Future Perfect: Six Stories of Genetic Engineering'', (Phoenix Pick Feb. 2012)
**"The Flowers of Aulit Prison," (nv) ''Asimov’s'' Oct/Nov 1996
**"First Rites," (na) ''Jim Baen’s Universe'' Oct. 2008
**"Trinity," (na) ''Asimov’s'' Oct. 1984
**"Margin of Error," (ss) ''Omni'' Oct. 1994
**"Dancing on Air," (na) ''Asimov’s'' July 1993
**"And No Such Things Grow Here," (nv) ''Asimov’s'' June 2001
*''The Body Human: Three Stories of Future Medicine'', (Phoenix Pick March 2012)
**"Evolution," (nv) ''Asimov’s'' Oct. 1995
**"Fault Lines," (na) ''Asimov’s'' Aug. 1995
**"The Mountain to Mohammed," (ss) ''Asimov’s'' April 1992
*''AI Unbound: Two Stories of Artificial Intelligence'', (Phoenix Pick March 2012)
**"Computer Virus," (nv) ''Asimov's'' April 2001
**"Savior," (na) ''Asimov's'' June 2000
*''Fountain of Age: Stories'', (Small Beer Press April 2012)
**"The Erdmann Nexus," (na) ''Asimov’s'' Oct./Nov. 2008
**"The Kindness of Strangers," (ss) Fast Forward 2, ed. Lou Anders, Pyr Oct. 2008
**"By Fools Like Me," (ss) ''Asimov’s'' Sep. 2007
**"First Rites," (na) ''Jim Baen’s Universe'' Oct. 2008
**"End Game," (ss) ''Asimov’s'' April/May 2007
read online**"Images of Anna," (ss) ''Fantasy'' Sep. 2009
read online**"Laws of Survival," (nv) ''Jim Baen’s Universe'' Dec. 2007
**"Safeguard," (nv) ''Asimov’s'' Jan. 2007
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Fountain of Age
"Fountain of Age" is a science fiction novella published in 2007 by Nancy Kress. It won the 2008 Nebula Award for Best Novella
The Nebula Award for Best Novella is given each year by the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America (SFWA) fo ...
," (na) ''Asimov’s'' July 2007
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**''Introduction'', (in) *
**"And Wild For to Hold," (na) ''Asimov’s'' July 1991
**"Out of All Them Bright Stars," (ss) ''F&SF'' Mar. 1985
**"Pathways," (nv) Twelve Tomorrows
013 Edition ed. Stephen Cass, MIT Technology Review Oct. 2013
read online**"Dancing on Air," (na) ''Asimov’s'' July 1993
**"Unto The Daughters," (ss) Sisters in Fantasy, ed. Susan Shwartz & Martin H. Greenberg, Roc June 1995
**"Laws of Survival," (nv) ''Jim Baen’s Universe'' Dec. 2007
**"Someone to Watch over Me," (ss) ''IEEE Spectrum'' June 2014
read online**"The Flowers of Aulit Prison," (nv) ''Asimov’s'' Oct./Nov. 1996
**"The Price of Oranges," (nv) ''Asimov’s'' April 1989
**"By Fools Like Me," (ss) ''Asimov’s'' Sep. 2007
**"Casey’s Empire," (ss) ''F&SF'' Nov. 1981
**"Shiva in Shadow," (na) Between Worlds, ed. Robert Silverberg, SFBC 2004
**"Grant Us This Day," (ss) ''Asimov’s'' Sept. 1993; slightly revised here
**"The Kindness of Strangers," (ss) Fast Forward 2, ed. Lou Anders, Pyr Oct. 2008
**"End Game," (ss) ''Asimov’s'' April/May 2007
read online**"My Mother, Dancing," (ss) ''Asimov’s'' June 2004; first appeared in French in Destination 3001, ed. Robert Silverberg & Jacques Chambon, Flammarion 2000
**"Trinity," (na) ''Asimov’s'' Oct. 1984
**"People Like Us," (ss) ''Asimov’s'' Sept. 1989
read online**"Evolution," (nv) ''Asimov’s'' Oct. 1995
**"Margin of Error," (ss) ''Omni'' Oct. 1994
**"Beggars in Spain," (na) Axolotl Press/Pulphouse Feb. 1991 / ''Asimov's'' April 1991
;Chapbooks
*''Beggars in Spain,'' (Axolotl Press / Pulphouse Feb. 1991) / ''Asimov’s'' April 1991
*''The Price of Oranges,'' (Pulphouse June 1992); (ss), reprinted from ''Asimov’s'' April 1989
*''Dancing on Air,'' (
Tachyon Publications Sep. 1997); (na), reprinted from ''Asimov’s'' July 1993
*''Act One,'' (Phoenix Pick March 2010); (na), reprinted from ''Asimov’s'' March 2009
;Stories
[Short stories unless otherwise noted.]
Anthologies
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Nebula Awards Showcase 2003
''Nebula Awards Showcase 2003'' is an anthology of science fiction short works edited by Nancy Kress. It was first published in trade paperback by Roc/New American Library in April 2003.
Summary
The book collects pieces that won or were nominate ...
'', (Roc / Penguin April 2003)
Non-fiction
*''Beginnings, Middles & Ends'', (Writer's Digest Books 1993)
*''Dynamic Characters: How to Create Personalities That Keep Readers Captivated'', (Writer's Digest Books 1998)
*''Characters, Emotion & Viewpoint: Techniques and Exercises for Crafting Dynamic Characters and Effective Viewpoints'', (Writer's Digest Books 2005)
Critical studies and reviews of Kress' work
;''Yesterday's kin''
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Notes
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