''Tales of the Quintana Roo'' is a collection of
fantasy
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stories by American author Alice Sheldon, writing as
James Tiptree Jr.
Alice Bradley Sheldon (born Alice Hastings Bradley; August 24, 1915 – May 19, 1987) was an American science fiction and fantasy author better known as James Tiptree, Jr., a pen name she used from 1967 to her death. It was not publicly known un ...
It was released in
1986
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** Aruba gains increased autonomy from the Netherlands by separating from the Netherlands Antilles.
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and was the author's first book published by
Arkham House
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. It was published in an edition of 3,673 copies. The stories originally appeared in ''
Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine
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'' and ''
The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction
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'' and are set in the easternmost shore of the
Yucatán Peninsula
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in Mexico. In addition to winning the world fantasy award for best collection in 1987, each of the stories was nominated or won genre awards, and "What Came Ashore at Lirios" was included in the ''Oxford Book of Fantasy Stories''.
Contents
''Tales of the Quintana Roo'' contains the following stories:
# "A Note About the Mayas of the Quintana Roo"
# "What Came Ashore at Lirios" (published in ''Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine'' as "Lirios: A Tale of the Quintana Roo")
# "The Boy Who Waterskied to Forever"
# "Beyond the Dead Reef"
Awards
The collection and the stories contained therein were nominated for a number of genre awards:
* ''Tales of Quintana Roo'' (Winner of the
World Fantasy Award
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for best collection, 1987)
* "What Came Ashore at Lirios" (Nominated for a
Nebula Award
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, 1981)
* "The Boy Who Waterskied to Forever" (Nominated for a
Hugo Award
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, 1982)
* "Beyond the Dead Reef" (Winner of a
Locus Award
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for best short story, 1983)
References
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1986 short story collections
Fantasy short story collections
Short story collections by James Tiptree Jr.
World Fantasy Award-winning works
Arkham House books
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