Getting to Know You (short story collection)

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Getting to Know You
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Author David Marusek
Cover artist Mark A. Nelson
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Genre Science fiction
Publisher Subterranean Press
Publication date
25 January 2007
Media typePrint (hardcover)
Pages297
ISBN 1-59606-088-3
OCLC 123766653

Getting to Know You is a short story collection by American writer David Marusek. It contains all of his published science fiction stories as of its publication. [1] Includes an introduction and a commentary on each story by the author.

Contents

Contents

Awards and nominations

Sources, external links, quotations

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References

  1. Marusek (2007). Getting to Know You. p. 14.
  2. "The Quill Awards-Press Information". The Quills LLC. Archived from the original on 2007-07-15. Retrieved 2007-07-29.