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We Will Drink a Fish Together ...

Bill Johnson

First published May 1997
Type Short Fiction
Length Novelette
Series Summit

Synopsis

Tony works for the government as a bodyguard to an alien ambassador, but is forced to resign in order to attend a funeral in Summit "Dakota". Not only is Summit populated by a cast of odd humans, but it also becomes the focal point of extra-terrestrial intrigue.

Awards

YearAwardCategoryStatus
1998 Asimov's Readers' Poll Best Novelette Winner
1998 Hugo Award Best Novelette Winner
1998 Locus Poll Award Best Novelette Nominee/Finalist
1998 Nebula Award Novelette Nominee/Finalist

Publications (7)

Date Publication Publisher Type Page
May 1997 Asimov's Science Fiction, May 1997 Dell Magazines MAGAZINE 10
June 1998 The Year's Best Science Fiction: Fifteenth Annual Collection St. Martin's Griffin Anthology 122
June 1998 The Year's Best Science Fiction: Fifteenth Annual Collection St. Martin's Press Anthology 122
August 1998 The Year's Best Science Fiction: Fifteenth Annual Collection St. Martin's Press / SFBC Anthology 122
October 1998 The Mammoth Book of Best New Science Fiction: 11th Annual Collection Robinson Anthology 132|8
August 1999 Dakota Dreamin' Cascade Mountain Publishing Collection 145
2013 The Year's Best Science Fiction: Fifteenth Annual Collection St. Martin's Griffin Anthology 122