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- ↑ A Braver Thing at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database; retrieved September 10, 2014
- ↑ 1991 Hugo Awards Archived 2011-05-07 at the Wayback Machine , at TheHugoAwards.org; retrieved September 10, 2014
- ↑ The Locus Index to SF Awards: 1991 Locus Awards Archived November 29, 2014, at the Wayback Machine , at Locus ; retrieved September 10, 2014
- ↑ Fiction Book Review: Year's Best Science Fiction by Gardner Dozois, Author St. Martin's Press; published June 3, 1991; retrieved September 10, 2014
