Stations of the Tide
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| Stations of the Tide | |
.jpg) Cover of first edition (hardcover) |
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| Author | Michael Swanwick |
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| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Genre(s) | Science fiction novel |
| Publisher | William Morrow and Company |
| Publication date | 1991 |
| Media type | Print (Hardcover & Paperback) |
| Pages | 252 pp |
| ISBN | ISBN 0-688-10451-7 |
Stations of the Tide is a 1991 science fiction novel by American author Michael Swanwick. Prior to being published as a novel, it was serialized in Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine in two parts, starting in mid-December of 1990.
It won the Nebula Award for Best Novel in 1991, and was nominated for the Hugo Award for Best Novel in 1992.
[edit] Plot introduction
Stations of the Tide is the story of a bureaucrat with the Department of Technology Transfer who must descend to the surface of Miranda to hunt a magician who has smuggled proscribed technology past the orbital embargo, and bring him to justice before the world is transformed by the flood of the Jubilee Tides.
| Preceded by Tehanu: The Last Book of Earthsea by Ursula K. Le Guin |
Nebula Award for Best Novel 1991 |
Succeeded by Doomsday Book by Connie Willis |
