''Stations of the Tide'' is a

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novel by American author

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. Prior to being published in book form in 1991, it was serialized in ''

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'' in two parts, starting in mid-December 1990. It won the Nebula Award for Best Novel in 1991, was nominated for both the

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Awards in 1992, and was nominated for the

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in 1993.

Plot introduction

''Stations of the Tide'' is the story of an unnamed bureaucrat with the Department of Technology Transfer. The story opens with the bureaucrat descending to the surface of the planet Miranda to hunt a magician who has smuggled proscribed technology past the orbital embargo, seeking to bring him to justice before the world is transformed by the flood of the Jubilee Tides. It is generally considered to be the "One Hundred Years Of Solitude" of Science Fiction Novels, beloved by writers, but, not as much by the rank-and-file readership.

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