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Nebula Awards Showcase 2014 is an anthology of science fiction short works edited by Kij Johnson. It was first published in trade paperback by Pyr in May 2014.
A Borrowed Man is a 2015 science fiction hardboiled noir novel by Gene Wolfe.
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References
- ↑ Decoding the Wolfe, by Robert Bee, at the Internet Review of Science Fiction ; published January 2010; retrieved March 21, 2018; via archive.org
- ↑ Storeys from the Old Hotel, reviewed at Publishers Weekly ; published March 30, 1992; retrieved March 21, 2018
- ↑ Attending Daedalus: Gene Wolfe, Artifice and the Reader, by Peter Wright; published 2003 by Liverpool University Press
- ↑ Voices for the Future: Essays on Major Science Fiction Writers, Volume 3: Chapter 1, Variations and Design: the Fiction of Gene Wolfe, by Thomas D. Clareson; published 1983 by the Popular Press
