Tales of the Quintana Roo
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Dust-jacket illustration by Glennray Tutor for Tales of the Quintana Roo
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| Author | James Tiptree, Jr. |
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| Illustrator | Glennray Tutor |
| Cover artist | Glennray Tutor |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Genre | Fantasy short stories |
| Publisher | Arkham House |
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Publication date
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1986 |
| Media type | Print (Hardback) |
| Pages | x, 101 pp (unnumbered) |
| ISBN | 0-87054-152-8 |
| OCLC | 12372417 |
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| LC Class | PS3570.I66 T3 1986 |
Tales of the Quintana Roo is a collection of fantasy stories by author James Tiptree, Jr.. It was released in 1986 and was the author's first book published by Arkham House. It was published in an edition of 3,673 copies. The stories originally appeared in Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine and The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction and are set in the easternmost shore of the Yucatan Peninsula in Mexico. In addition to winning the world fantasy award for best collection in 1987, each of the stories was nominated or won genre awards, and "What Came Ashore at Lirios" was included in the Oxford Book of Fantasy Stories.
Contents
Contents
Tales of the Quintana Roo contains the following stories:
- "A Note About the Mayas of the Quintana Roo"
- "What Came Ashore at Lirios" (published in Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine as "Lirios: A Tale of the Quintana Roo")[1]
- "The Boy Who Waterskied to Forever"
- "Beyond the Dead Reef"
Awards
The collection and the stories contained therein were nominated for a number of genre awards:[2]
- Tales of Quintano Roo (Winner of the World Fantasy Award for best collection, 1987)
- "What Came Ashore at Lirios" (Nominated for a Nebula award, 1981)
- "The Boy Who Waterskied to Forever" (Nominated for a Hugo award, 1982)
- "Beyond the Dead Reef" (Winner of a Locus Award for best short story, 1983)
References
- Notes
- Bibliography
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External links
- Tales of the Quintana Roo title listing at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database
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