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The Undiscovered

William Sanders

First published March 1997
Type Short Fiction
Length Novelette

Synopsis

Alternate history story of William Shakespeare. While drunk in Portsmouth after putting on a show, Shakespeare becomes a stowaway on the wrong boat back to London - and instead winds up in America, where he is eventually captured by Indians.

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Awards

YearAwardCategoryStatus
1997 Sidewise Awards for Alternate History Best Short Form Alternate History Winner
1998 Asimov's Readers' Poll Best Novelette Runner-up
1998 Hugo Award Best Novelette Nominee/Finalist
1998 Locus Poll Award Best Novelette Nominee/Finalist
1998 Nebula Award Novelette Nominee/Finalist
1998 Theodore Sturgeon Memorial Award Best Short Science Fiction Nominee/Finalist

Publications (17)

Date Publication Publisher Type Page
March 1997 Asimov's Science Fiction, March 1997 Dell Magazines MAGAZINE 86
June 1998 The Year's Best Science Fiction: Fifteenth Annual Collection St. Martin's Griffin Anthology 224
June 1998 The Year's Best Science Fiction: Fifteenth Annual Collection St. Martin's Press Anthology 224
August 1998 The Year's Best Science Fiction: Fifteenth Annual Collection St. Martin's Press / SFBC Anthology 224
October 1998 The Mammoth Book of Best New Science Fiction: 11th Annual Collection Robinson Anthology 241|12
October 2001 The Best Alternate History Stories of the 20th Century Del Rey / Ballantine Anthology 269
November 2001 The Best Alternate History Stories of the 20th Century Del Rey / Ballantine / SFBC Anthology
July 2002 Are We Having Fun Yet? American Indian Fantasy Stories Wildside Press Collection
February 2005 The Best of the Best: 20 Years of the Year's Best Science Fiction St. Martin's Griffin Anthology 380
February 2005 The Best of the Best: 20 Years of the Year's Best Science Fiction St. Martin's Griffin Anthology 380
February 2005 The Best of the Best: 20 Years of the Year's Best Science Fiction St. Martin's Griffin Anthology
March 2008 The Mammoth Book of The Best of The Best New SF Robinson Anthology 424
March 2008 The Mammoth Book of The Best of The Best New SF Robinson Anthology |424
September 2008 East of the Sun and West of Fort Smith Norilana Books Collection 62
September 2008 East of the Sun and West of Fort Smith Norilana Books Collection 62
2009 The Best Alternate History Stories of the 20th Century Del Rey / Ballantine Anthology 269
2013 The Year's Best Science Fiction: Fifteenth Annual Collection St. Martin's Griffin Anthology 224