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Enemy Mine

Barry B. Longyear

First published September 1979
Type Short Fiction
Length Novella
Series Quadrants Universe › Dracon

Synopsis

When a human space fighter pilot and an alien space fighter pilot who are at war with each other crash on an inhospitable planet and must join forces to survive, they become friends.

Notes

The version in Manifest Destiny was somewhat expanded, and the "Considerably expanded" version in The Enemy Papers can be found Enemy Mine:The Author's Cut.

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Awards

YearAwardCategoryStatus
1980 Hugo Award Best Novella Winner
1980 Locus Poll Award Best Novella Winner
1980 Nebula Award Novella Winner
2012 Locus Online 20th Century Novella Nominee/Finalist

Publications (25)

Date Publication Publisher Type Page
September 1979 Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine, September 1979 Davis Publications MAGAZINE 120
May 1980 Manifest Destiny Berkley Books Collection 69
October 1980 The Best Science Fiction Novellas of the Year #2 Del Rey / Ballantine Anthology 1
October 1980 The Best Science Fiction Novellas of the Year #2 Del Rey / Ballantine Anthology 1
April 1981 Nebula Winners Fifteen Harper & Row Anthology 90
1982 Isaac Asimov's Wonders of the World Davis Publications Anthology
1982 Isaac Asimov's Wonders of the World The Dial Press Anthology 230
1982 Manifest Destiny Macdonald & Co. Collection 83
April 1982 Nebula Winners Fifteen W. H. Allen Anthology 90
May 1982 Manifest Destiny Orbit / Futura Collection 83
1983 Isaac Asimov's Wonders of the World Robert Hale Anthology 194
January 1983 Nebula Winners Fifteen Star Anthology 90
March 1983 Nebula Winners Fifteen Bantam Books Anthology 87
1985 13 Short Science Fiction Novels Bonanza Books / Crown Publishers Anthology 385
1986 Manifest Destiny Orbit Collection 83
April 1986 The Hugo Winners, Volume 5: 1980-1982 Doubleday Anthology 5
June 1986 The Hugo Winners, Volume 5: 1980-1982 Doubleday / SFBC Anthology 5
March 1989 Enemy Mine / Another Orphan Tor Anthology 1
September 1992 The Super Hugos Baen Books Anthology 101
1994 Nebula Award-Winning Novellas Barnes & Noble Books Anthology 216
1996 Nebula Award-Winning Novellas Barnes & Noble Books Anthology 216
March 2004 Cyberfilms ibooks Anthology 207
March 2004 Enemy Mine iUniverse Chapbook
April 2016 Enemy Mine Open Road Distribution Chapbook
April 2016 Manifest Destiny Open Road Distribution Collection