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- ↑ Author Interview: Thomas Olde Heuvelt, at Lynn's Books; published April 30, 2016; retrieved December 27, 2018; "I always considered it to be a story of magical-realism, not science fiction"
- 1 2 2015 Hugo Awards, at TheHugoAwards.org; retrieved December 26, 2018
- ↑ Complete uitslag van de Paul Harland Prijs 2012, by Martijn Lindeboom, at HarlandAwards.eu; published February 10, 2013; retrieved December 26, 2018
- ↑ Sasquan Replaces Two Ineligible Nominees on Hugo Ballot, by Mike Glyer, at File 770; published April 13, 2015; retrieved December 27, 2018
- ↑ This Is What The 2015 Hugo Ballot Should Have Been, by Andrew Liptak, at Io9; published August 23, 2015; retrieved December 26, 2018
- ↑ Lightspeed #47, April 2014, by Charles Payseur, at Tangent Online ; published April 1, 2014; retrieved December 26, 2018