"Souls" | |
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Short story by Joanna Russ | |
Country | USA |
Language | English |
Genre(s) | science fiction |
Publication | |
Published in | the Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction |
Publication date | January 1982 [1] |
"Souls" is a 1982 science fiction novella by Joanna Russ. It was first published in the Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction in January 1982, [1] and subsequently republished in Terry Carr's The Best Science Fiction of the Year 12 , [2] in Russ's 1984 collection Extra(ordinary) People , [3] as well as in the first volume of the Isaac Asimov/Martin H. Greenberg-edited anthology The New Hugo Winners , [4] and in 1989 as half of a Tor Double Novel (with "Houston, Houston, Do You Read?" by James Tiptree, Jr.). [5]
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