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Dinosaurs

Walter Jon Williams

First published June 1987
Type Short Fiction
Length Novelette

Synopsis

In the distant future where humanity has evolved into distinct subspecies dedicated to various tasks, an ambassador from Earth visits the home planet of a species whose society and politics resemble current humanity, in order to make peace with them after some of their colonies on other planets had been destroyed by singleminded human terraformers.

Awards

YearAwardCategoryStatus
1988 Asimov's Readers' Poll Best Novelette Nominee/Finalist
1988 Hugo Award Best Novelette Nominee/Finalist
1988 Locus Poll Award Best Novelette Nominee/Finalist
1988 Theodore Sturgeon Memorial Award Best Short Science Fiction Nominee/Finalist

Publications (25)

Date Publication Publisher Type Page
June 1987 Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine, June 1987 Davis Publications MAGAZINE 22
May 1988 The Year's Best Science Fiction: Fifth Annual Collection St. Martin's Press Anthology 119
May 1988 The Year's Best Science Fiction: Fifth Annual Collection St. Martin's Press Anthology 119
June 1988 The 1988 Annual World's Best SF DAW Books Anthology 240
June 1988 The 1988 Annual World's Best SF DAW Books Anthology 240
August 1988 The 1988 Annual World's Best SF DAW Books / SFBC Anthology 192
September 1988 Best New SF 2 Robinson Anthology 119
September 1988 Best New SF 2 Robinson Anthology 119
January 1990 Facets Tor Collection 295
January 1991 Isaac Asimov's Aliens Ace Books Anthology 103
April 1991 Facets Tor Collection 341
May 1991 Dinosaurs Pulphouse Publishing Chapbook 3
May 1991 Dinosaurs Pulphouse Publishing Chapbook
October 1992 Facets Grafton Collection
June 1994 The Year's Best Science Fiction: Fifth Annual Collection St. Martin's Press Anthology 119
October 1998 Future on Ice Tor Anthology 290
January 2000 Future on Ice Tor Anthology 290
May 2000 The Furthest Horizon: SF Adventures to the Far Future St. Martin's Griffin Anthology 242
May 2000 Exploring the Horizons: Explorers, and the Furthest Horizon Science Fiction Book Club Omnibus 690
August 2002 The Furthest Horizon: SF Adventures to the Far Future St. Martin's Griffin Anthology
April 2011 The Furthest Horizon: SF Adventures to the Far Future St. Martin's Griffin Anthology
May 2018 A Fistful of Dinosaurs Mad Cow Press Anthology |2
May 2018 A Fistful of Dinosaurs Mad Cow Press Anthology |2
February 2021 The Best of Walter Jon Williams Subterranean Press Collection 81|4
February 2021 The Best of Walter Jon Williams Subterranean Press Collection |4