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Barnacle Bill the Spacer

Lucius Shepard

First published July 1992
Type Short Fiction
Length Novella

Synopsis

A congenitally brain-damaged resident of a space station orbiting past Mars, who is bullied by the other workers, ends up saving the station from both a takeover by a nihilistic murderous cult from Earth, as well as the tight-fisted control by the parental Earth corporation which had kept it from realizing its potential.

Awards

YearAwardCategoryStatus
1993 Asimov's Readers' Poll Best Novella Winner
1993 Hugo Award Best Novella Winner
1993 Locus Poll Award Best Novella Winner
1993 Nebula Award Novella Nominee/Finalist
1993 SF Chronicle Award Novella Winner

Publications (13)

Date Publication Publisher Type Page
July 1992 Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine, July 1992 Davis Publications MAGAZINE 110
1993 Hugo and Nebula Anthology 1993 ClariNet Communications Corp. Anthology |2.15
December 1995 Hugo and Nebula Award Winners from Asimov's Science Fiction Wings Books Anthology 435
March 1997 Barnacle Bill the Spacer and Other Stories Millennium / Orion Collection 1
March 1997 Barnacle Bill the Spacer and Other Stories Millennium / Orion Collection 1
November 1997 The New Hugo Winners, Volume IV Baen Books Anthology 237
March 1998 Barnacle Bill the Spacer and Other Stories Millennium / Orion Collection
March 1999 Beast of the Heartland and Other Stories Four Walls Eight Windows Collection 1
June 2011 Sense of Wonder: A Century of Science Fiction Wildside Press Anthology |300
December 2011 Sense of Wonder: A Century of Science Fiction Wildside Press Anthology |300
December 2021 The Best of Lucius Shepard: Volume Two Subterranean Press Collection 87
January 2022 The Best of Lucius Shepard: Volume Two Subterranean Press Collection |87
February 2022 The Best of Lucius Shepard: Volume Two Subterranean Press Collection 87