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Sandkings

George R. R. Martin

First published August 1979
Type Short Fiction
Length Novelette
Series Thousand Worlds

Synopsis

In the future a jaded dilettante purchases a few organisms of an alien species for entertainment, but when he fails to care for them properly they develop into a threat.

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Awards

YearAwardCategoryStatus
1980 Balrog Award Short Fiction Nominee/Finalist
1980 Hugo Award Best Novelette Winner
1980 Locus Poll Award Best Novelette Winner
1980 Nebula Award Novelette Winner
2012 Locus Online 20th Century Novelette Nominee/Finalist

Publications (61)

Date Publication Publisher Type Page
August 1979 Omni, August 1979 Omni Publications International Ltd. MAGAZINE 50
April 1980 The Best of Omni Science Fiction Omni Society Anthology 114
April 1980 The Best of Omni Science Fiction Omni Society Anthology 114
August 1980 Best Science Fiction Stories of the Year: Ninth Annual Collection E. P. Dutton Anthology 1
August 1980 The Best Science Fiction of the Year #9 Del Rey / Ballantine Anthology 50
August 1980 The Best of Omni Science Fiction Omni Society / SFBC Anthology 114
August 1980 The Best Science Fiction of the Year #9 Del Rey / Ballantine Anthology 50
October 1980 The Best Science Fiction of the Year 9 Gollancz Anthology 50
April 1981 Nebula Winners Fifteen Harper & Row Anthology 32
December 1981 Sandkings Timescape / Pocket Books Collection 197
December 1981 Sandkings Timescape / Pocket Books Collection 197
March 1982 Sandkings Timescape / Pocket Books / SFBC Collection 170
April 1982 Nebula Winners Fifteen W. H. Allen Anthology 32
January 1983 Nebula Winners Fifteen Star Anthology 32
March 1983 Nebula Winners Fifteen Bantam Books Anthology 29
April 1983 Sandkings Orbit / Futura Collection 197
October 1983 Songs the Dead Men Sing Dark Harvest Collection 139
January 1984 The First Omni Book of Science Fiction Zebra Books / Kensington Publishing Corp. Anthology 331
November 1985 Songs the Dead Men Sing Gollancz Collection 94
1986 Songs the Dead Men Sing Sphere Collection 88
February 1986 Sandkings Baen Books Collection 207
April 1986 The Hugo Winners, Volume 5: 1980-1982 Doubleday Anthology 70
June 1986 The Hugo Winners, Volume 5: 1980-1982 Doubleday / SFBC Anthology 64
April 1989 The Best of the Nebulas Tor Anthology 547
April 1989 The Best of the Nebulas Tor Anthology 547
November 1990 The Best of the Nebulas Robert Hale Anthology 527
September 1992 Foundations of Fear Tor Anthology 197
September 1992 The Super Hugos Baen Books Anthology 7
October 1992 Foundations of Fear Tor / BOMC Anthology 197
July 1993 Foundations of Fear Tor / QPBC Anthology 197
September 1994 Worlds of Fear Tor Anthology 24
September 1998 The Reel Stuff DAW Books Anthology 82
July 2001 Sandkings Fictionwise Chapbook
November 2001 Masterpieces: The Best Science Fiction of the Century Ace Books Anthology 243
December 2001 Masterpieces: The Best Science Fiction of the Century Ace Books / SFBC Anthology 243
September 2003 GRRM: A RRetrospective Subterranean Press Collection 461
September 2003 GRRM: A RRetrospective Subterranean Press Collection
March 2004 Cyberfilms ibooks Anthology 71
March 2004 Masterpieces: The Best Science Fiction of the Twentieth Century Ace Books Anthology 243
2006 Dreamsongs: GRRM: A RRetrospective Gollancz Collection 398
September 2006 Dreamsongs: GRRM: A RRetrospective Gollancz / Orion Collection 398
October 2007 Dreamsongs: GRRM: A RRetrospective Gollancz / Orion Collection 398
October 2007 Dreamsongs: Volume I Bantam Books Collection
October 2007 Dreamsongs: Selections from Volumes I and II Random House Audio Collection |461
November 2007 Dreamsongs: Volume I Bantam Spectra Collection 491
November 2007 Selections from Dreamsongs 2: Stories of Fantasy, Horror/Sci-Fi, and a Man Called Tuf: Unabridged Selections Random House Audio Collection |461
March 2008 Dreamsongs: I Gollancz Collection 469
June 2008 The Reel Stuff DAW Books Anthology 73
September 2008 Dreamsongs: A RRetrospective: Book One Gollancz / Orion Collection
October 2011 The Weird: A Compendium of Strange and Dark Stories Corvus Anthology
May 2012 The Weird: A Compendium of Strange and Dark Stories Tor Anthology 521
May 2012 The Weird: A Compendium of Strange and Dark Stories Tor / SFBC Anthology 521
May 2012 The Weird: A Compendium of Strange and Dark Stories Tor Anthology 521
October 2012 Dreamsongs: Volume I Bantam Books Collection 491
October 2012 The Complete Dreamsongs Bantam Books Collection
December 2012 Starter Pack: 4-Book Bundle Bantam Books Omnibus |24
October 2013 In Space No One Can Hear You Scream Baen Books Anthology 281
July 2016 The Big Book of Science Fiction: The Ultimate Collection Vintage Crime / Black Lizard / Vintage Books Anthology 667
July 2016 The Big Book of Science Fiction: The Ultimate Collection Vintage Crime / Black Lizard / Vintage Books Anthology |65
July 2016 The Big Book of Science Fiction: The Ultimate Collection Vintage Crime/Black Lizard / SFBC Anthology 667
February 2024 A Song of Ice and Fire Series & More MotionAudiobooks Omnibus |7.491