Stations of the Tide

1990 science fiction novel by Michael Stanwick

Stations of the Tide

Cover of first edition (hardcover)

Author| Michael Swanwick
Cover artist| Daniel Horne
Language| English
Genre| Science fiction
Publisher| William Morrow and Company

Publication date

| 1991
Publication place| United States
Media type| Print (hardback & paperback)
Pages| 252
ISBN| 0-688-10451-7
OCLC| 22207452

Dewey Decimal

| 813/.54 20
LC Class| PS3569.W28 S7 1991

Stations of the Tide is a science fiction novel by American author Michael Swanwick. Prior to being published in book form in 1991, it was serialized in Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine in two parts, starting in mid-December 1990.

It won the Nebula Award for Best Novel in 1991, was nominated for the Hugo and Campbell Awards in 1992, and was nominated for the Arthur C. Clarke Award in 1993.[1]

Stations of the Tide is the story of an unnamed bureaucrat with the Department of Technology Transfer who is on the planet Miranda hunting a magician who has smuggled proscribed technology, seeking to bring him to justice before the world is transformed by the flood of the Jubilee Tides.

## References

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1. ^ "sfadb : Michael Swanwick Titles". www.sfadb.com. Retrieved November 5, 2023.

## External links

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* Stations of the Tide title listing at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database
* Stations of the Tide at Worlds Without End

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Nebula Award for Best Novel

1965–1979|

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* The Einstein Intersection by Samuel R. Delany (1967)
* Rite of Passage by Alexei Panshin (1968)
* The Left Hand of Darkness by Ursula K. Le Guin (1969)
* Ringworld by Larry Niven (1970)
* A Time of Changes by Robert Silverberg (1971)
* The Gods Themselves by Isaac Asimov (1972)
* Rendezvous with Rama by Arthur C. Clarke (1973)
* The Dispossessed by Ursula K. Le Guin (1974)
* The Forever War by Joe Haldeman (1975)
* Man Plus by Frederik Pohl (1976)
* Gateway by Frederik Pohl (1977)
* Dreamsnake by Vonda N. McIntyre (1978)
* The Fountains of Paradise by Arthur C. Clarke (1979)

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* Ender's Game by Orson Scott Card (1985)
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* Falling Free by Lois McMaster Bujold (1988)
* The Healer's War by Elizabeth Ann Scarborough (1989)
* Tehanu: The Last Book of Earthsea by Ursula K. Le Guin (1990)
* Stations of the Tide by Michael Swanwick (1991)
* Doomsday Book by Connie Willis (1992)
* Red Mars by Kim Stanley Robinson (1993)
* Moving Mars by Greg Bear (1994)
* The Terminal Experiment by Robert J. Sawyer (1995)
* Slow River by Nicola Griffith (1996)
* The Moon and the Sun by Vonda N. McIntyre (1997)
* Forever Peace by Joe Haldeman (1998)
* Parable of the Talents by Octavia E. Butler (1999)

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Works by Michael Swanwick

Novels|

* In the Drift (1984)
* Vacuum Flowers (1987)
* Stations of the Tide (1991)
* The Iron Dragon's Daughter (1993)
* Jack Faust (1997)
* Bones of the Earth (2002)
* The Dragons of Babel (2008)
* Dancing With Bears (2011)
* Chasing the Phoenix (2015)
* The Iron Dragon's Mother (2019)

Short stories|

* "Dogfight" (1985)
* "The Dead" (1996)
* "The Very Pulse of the Machine" (1998)
* "Radiant Doors" (1999)
* "Ancient Engines" (1999)
* "Scherzo with Tyrannosaur" (1999)
* "The Dog Said Bow-Wow" (2001)
* "Slow Life" (2002)
* "'Hello,' Said the Stick" (2002)
* "Legions in Time" (2003)

Short story collections|

* Gravity's Angels (1991)
* A Geography of Unknown Lands (1997)
* Moon Dogs (2000)
* Puck Aleshire's Abecedary (2000)
* The Periodic Table of Science Fiction (2005)

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