Innocents Aboard

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First edition (publ. Tor Books
Cover art Rene Magritte
Le Chateau des Pyrenees (1949) InnocentsAboard.jpg
First edition (publ. Tor Books
Cover art René Magritte
Le Château des Pyrénées (1949)

Innocents Aboard is a short story collection by American science fiction and fantasy author Gene Wolfe published in 2004. The stories are primarily fantasy or horror, not science-fiction. The title is an homage to Mark Twain's first book, The Innocents Abroad . The book was nominated for a Locus Award in 2005. [1]

List of stories

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References

  1. "The Locus Index to SF Awards: Locus Award Nominees List". Archived from the original on 2012-05-14. Retrieved 2009-08-24.