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A Fisherman of the Inland Sea

Ursula K. Le Guin

First published 1994
Publisher HarperPrism
Format Hardcover
Type Collection
Pages 191

Notes

  • Advance reading copy. Per Locus1, copies were distributed at the 1994 ABA convention in Los Angeles.
  • ARC limitation statement on p.: "This special edition of A Fisherman of the Inland Sea is limited to 1500 copies to be distributed as gifts of the author and publisher. This pre-publication edition has been prepared from raw manuscripts and may contain material the author will change in later editions."
  • ARC disclaimer on the copyright page: "This book is an advanced reading copy of A Fisherman of the Inland Sea. The text has been set for this edition only and may not reflect the content of the final hardcover edition."
  • ARC numberline: "❖ 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1" (The trade edition's numberline is "94 95 96 97 98 99 ❖ 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1".)
  • No ISBN appears on the copyright page, which gives the following advance details:
    • Cataloging in Publication information to come.
    • First HarperPrism printing: 1994-11
  • Dark blue cloth, issued without dustjacket. The author's name and the title are impressed in gold on the front cover.
  • On the spine impressed in gold are the letters U K L given vertically.
  • Interior art and artist's credit of the final hardcover edition do not appear in the ARC.
  • {{PV|Evertype}}'s copy signed by the author on the title page.

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Awards

Year Award Category Status
1994 James Tiptree, Jr. Award / Otherwise Award Gender-bending SF Nominee/Finalist
1995 Locus Poll Award Best Collection Runner-up

Other Editions

Title Year Publisher Format Type Catalog ID Cover Artist Pages
A Fisherman of the Inland Sea Cover 1994 HarperPrism Hardcover Collection Kirk Reinert 191
A Fisherman of the Inland Sea Cover 1995 The Easton Press Hardcover Collection 106-085 xv+191
A Fisherman of the Inland Sea Cover 1995 HarperPrism Paperback Collection Kirk Reinert 207
A Fisherman of the Inland Sea Cover 1996 Gollancz Hardcover Collection Steve Crisp 191
A Fisherman of the Inland Sea 1997 Vista Paperback Collection Steve Crisp 193
A Fisherman of the Inland Sea Cover 2005 Perennial / HarperCollins Trade Paperback Collection 207
A Fisherman of the Inland Sea Cover 2011 Gollancz / Orion eBook Collection
A Fisherman of the Inland Sea Cover 2024 Gollancz Trade Paperback Collection Rachael Lancaster 206