''Universe 13'' is an
anthology
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In genre fiction, the term ''anthology'' typically categ ...
of original
science fiction short stories edited by
Terry Carr, the thirteenth volume in the seventeen-volume
Universe anthology series. It was first published in hardcover by
Doubleday in June 1983, with a paperback edition from
Tor Books in March 1985. The first British edition was issued in hardcover by
Robert Hale in March 1986.
The book collects seven novellas, novelettes and short stories by various science fiction authors.
Contents
* "
Her Habiline Husband" (
Michael Bishop)
* "
The Width of the World" (
Ian Watson)
* "
Stone Eggs" (
Kim Stanley Robinson)
* "
The Widow and the Body Sitter" (
Bill Bickel)
* "
The Taylorsville Reconstruction" (
Lucius Shepard)
* "
A Way Back" (
Leanne Frahm)
* "
Cicada Queen
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Bruce Sterling
Michael Bruce Sterling (born April 14, 1954) is an American science fiction author known for his novels and short fiction and editorship of the ''Mirrorshades'' anthology. In particular, he is linked to the cyberpunk subgenre.
Sterling's first ...
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Awards
The anthology placed third in the 1984
Locus Poll Award for Best Anthology.
"Her Habiline Husband" won the 1984 SF Chronicle Award for Best Novella placed first in the 1984
Locus Poll Award for Best Novella, and was nominated for the 1984
Nebula Award for Best Novella
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"Stone Eggs" placed fourteenth in the 1984
Locus Poll Award for Best Short Story.
"Cicada Queen" was nominated for the 1984
Nebula Award for Best Novelette and placed sixteenth in the 1984
Locus Poll Award for Best Novelette.
References
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1983 anthologies
Universe (anthology series)
Doubleday (publisher) books