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“The Encounter”

by Kate Wilhelm

Nominated for Best Novelette in 1971

Published in Orbit 8 (Berkley Medallion).

Also Nominated

  • Winner: “The Queen of Air and Darkness” by Poul Anderson, published by The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction
  • “Mount Charity” by Edgar Pangborn
  • “Poor Man, Beggar Man” by Joanna Russ
  • “A Special Kind of Morning” by Gardner Dozois

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