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The Voluntary State

Christopher Rowe

First published May 2004
Type Short Fiction
Length Novelette
Series The Voluntary State

Synopsis

In a strange reality where automobiles and other machines seem sentient and other anomalies abound, a Tennessee resident is kidnaping by a raiding party from Kentucky whose mission is to destroy the ruler of Tennessee who apparently controls the minds of the state's residents.

Awards

YearAwardCategoryStatus
2005 Hugo Award Best Novelette Nominee/Finalist
2005 Locus Poll Award Best Novelette Nominee/Finalist
2005 Nebula Award Novelette Nominee/Finalist
2005 Theodore Sturgeon Memorial Award Best Short Science Fiction Runner-up

Publications (17)

Date Publication Publisher Type Page
May 2004 Sci Fiction, May 5, 2004 SciFi.com MAGAZINE
January 2005 Science Fiction: The Best of 2004 ibooks Anthology
February 2005 Science Fiction: The Best of 2004 ibooks Anthology 23
July 2005 The Year's Best Science Fiction: Twenty-Second Annual Collection St. Martin's Griffin / SFBC Anthology 72
July 2005 The Year's Best Science Fiction: Twenty-Second Annual Collection St. Martin's Griffin Anthology 58
July 2005 The Year's Best Science Fiction: Twenty-Second Annual Collection St. Martin's Griffin Anthology 58
July 2005 The Year's Best Science Fiction: Twenty-Second Annual Collection St. Martin's Griffin Anthology
September 2005 The Mammoth Book of Best New Science Fiction: 18th Annual Collection Robinson Anthology
December 2005 Beyond Singularity Ace Books Anthology 247
March 2006 Nebula Awards Showcase 2006 Roc / New American Library Anthology 152
October 2007 Rewired: The Post-Cyberpunk Anthology Tachyon Publications Anthology 293
July 2009 Nebula Awards Showcase 2006 Roc / New American Library Anthology 152
November 2010 Rewired: The Post-Cyberpunk Anthology Tachyon Publications Anthology 293
March 2012 The Mammoth Book of Best New Science Fiction: 18th Annual Collection Robinson Anthology |58
June 2013 Beyond Singularity Baen Books Anthology
July 2017 Telling the Map Small Beer Press Collection 107
July 2017 Telling the Map Small Beer Press Collection