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Maneki Neko

Bruce Sterling

First published May 1998
Type Short Fiction
Length Short Story

Notes

  • Originally published in Japanese in Hayakawa's Science Fiction Magazine.
  • Translated by Jacek Manicki.
  • First English publication was in The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, May 1998.

Awards

YearAwardCategoryStatus
1999 Hugo Award Best Short Story Runner-up
1999 Locus Poll Award Best Short Story Winner
1999 Theodore Sturgeon Memorial Award Best Short Science Fiction Nominee/Finalist
2000 Nebula Award Short Story Nominee/Finalist

Publications (23)

Date Publication Publisher Type Page
May 1998 The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, May 1998 Mercury Press, Inc. MAGAZINE 4
June 1999 A Good Old-Fashioned Future Bantam Spectra Collection 1
June 1999 Year's Best SF 4 HarperPrism Anthology 461
July 1999 Year's Best SF 4 HarperPrism / SFBC Anthology 461
October 1999 The Best from Fantasy & Science Fiction: The Fiftieth Anniversary Anthology Tor Anthology 64
September 2000 The Best from Fantasy & Science Fiction: The Fiftieth Anniversary Anthology Tor Anthology 64
April 2001 A Good Old-Fashioned Future Gollancz Collection 1
July 2004 The Locus Awards: Thirty Years of the Best in Science Fiction and Fantasy Eos / HarperCollins Anthology 422
July 2004 The Locus Awards: Thirty Years of the Best in Fantasy and Science Fiction Voyager / HarperCollins (Australia) Anthology 473
July 2005 The Locus Awards: Thirty Years of the Best in Fantasy and Science Fiction Voyager / HarperCollins (Australia) Anthology
September 2007 Ascendancies: The Best of Bruce Sterling Subterranean Press Collection 457
October 2009 Year's Best SF 4 HarperCollins e-books Anthology |1900
April 2011 Lightspeed, April 2011 Prime Books MAGAZINE |4
June 2011 A Good Old-Fashioned Future Spectra / Ballantine Books Collection
November 2011 Lightspeed: Year One Prime Books Anthology 481
July 2014 The Very Best of Fantasy & Science Fiction, Volume 2 Tachyon Publications Anthology 291
December 2014 Ascendancies: The Best of Bruce Sterling Open Road Integrated Media Collection
December 2014 Ascendancies: The Best of Bruce Sterling Open Road Integrated Media Collection
December 2020 We, Robots Ad Astra / Head of Zeus Anthology |415
December 2020 We, Robots Ad Astra / Head of Zeus Anthology |415
January 2021 Ascendancies: The Best of Bruce Sterling Brilliance Audio Collection
December 2021 We, Robots Apollo / Head of Zeus Anthology |415
March 2024 Audiobook Collection MotionAudiobooks Omnibus |4.457