''Innocents Aboard'' is a short story collection by American

science fiction Science fiction (sometimes shortened to Sci-Fi or SF) is a genre of speculative fiction which typically deals with imaginative and futuristic concepts such as advanced science and technology, space exploration, time travel, parallel unive ...

and

fantasy Fantasy is a genre of speculative fiction involving Magic (supernatural), magical elements, typically set in a fictional universe and sometimes inspired by mythology and folklore. Its roots are in oral traditions, which then became fantasy ...

author Gene Wolfe published in 2004. The stories are primarily fantasy or horror, not science-fiction. The title is an homage to

Mark Twain Samuel Langhorne Clemens (November 30, 1835 – April 21, 1910), known by his pen name Mark Twain, was an American writer, humorist, entrepreneur, publisher, and lecturer. He was praised as the "greatest humorist the United States has p ...

's first book, ''

The Innocents Abroad ''The Innocents Abroad, or The New Pilgrims' Progress'' is a travel book by American author Mark Twain. Published in 1869, it humorously chronicles what Twain called his "Great Pleasure Excursion" on board the chartered vessel ''Quaker City'' ( ...

''. The book was nominated for a

Locus Award The Locus Awards are an annual set of literary awards voted on by readers of the science fiction and fantasy magazine ''Locus'', a monthly magazine based in Oakland, California. The awards are presented at an annual banquet. In addition to the pl ...

in 2005.

List of stories

*The Tree Is My Hat *The Old Woman Whose Rolling Pin Is the Sun *The Friendship Light *Slow Children At Play *Under Hill *The Monday Man *The Waif *The Legend of Xi Cygnus *The Sailor Who Sailed After the Sun *How the Bishop Sailed to Inniskeen *Houston, 1943 *A Fish Story *Wolfer *The Eleventh City *The Night Chough (related to ''

The Book of the Long Sun ''The Book of the Long Sun'' (1993–1996) is a series of four science fantasy novels or one four-volume novel by the United States, American author Gene Wolfe. It is set in the same universe as ''The Book of the New Sun'' series that Wolfe inaug ...

'') *The Wrapper *A Traveler in Desert Lands *The Walking Sticks *Queen *Pocketsful of Diamonds *Copperhead *The Lost Pilgrim

References

2004 short story collections Fantasy short story collections Short story collections by Gene Wolfe Tor Books books {{2000s-fantasy-story-collection-stub