Tales of the Quintana Roo
{{Short description|1986 collection of fantasy stories by Alice Sheldon}}
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{{Infobox book
| name = Tales of the Quintana Roo
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| image = Tales of the quintana roo.jpg
| caption = Dust-jacket illustration by Glennray Tutor for Tales of the Quintana Roo
| author = James Tiptree Jr.
| illustrator = Glennray Tutor
| cover_artist = Glennray Tutor
| country = United States
| language = English
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| genre = Fantasy
| publisher = Arkham House
| release_date = 1986
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| media_type = Print (hardback)
| pages = x, 101
| isbn = 0-87054-152-8
| dewey= 813/.54 19
| congress= PS3570.I66 T3 1986
| oclc= 12372417
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Tales of the Quintana Roo is a collection of fantasy stories by American author Alice Sheldon, writing as James Tiptree Jr. It was released in 1986 and was the author's first book published by Arkham House. It was published in an edition of 3,673 copies. The stories originally appeared in Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine and The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction and are set in the easternmost shore of the Yucatán Peninsula in Mexico. In addition to winning the world fantasy award for best collection in 1987, each of the stories was nominated or won genre awards, and "What Came Ashore at Lirios" was included in the Oxford Book of Fantasy Stories.
Contents
Tales of the Quintana Roo contains the following stories:
- "A Note About the Mayas of the Quintana Roo"
- "What Came Ashore at Lirios" (published in Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine as "Lirios: A Tale of the Quintana Roo"){{cite web |author= |title=ISFDB entry on What Came Ashore at Lirios |url=http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/title.cgi?41203 |accessdate=20 March 2011}}
- "The Boy Who Waterskied to Forever"
- "Beyond the Dead Reef"
Awards
The collection and the stories contained therein were nominated for a number of genre awards:{{cite web |author=Locus Publications |title=James Tiptree Jr. Award |url=http://www.locusmag.com/SFAwards/Db/NomLit137.html |work=Index of Literary Nominees |accessdate=27 February 2011 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20050315141033/http://www.locusmag.com/SFAwards/Db/NomLit137.html |archivedate=15 March 2005 }}
- Tales of Quintana Roo (Winner of the World Fantasy Award for best collection, 1987)
- "What Came Ashore at Lirios" (Nominated for a Nebula Award, 1981)
- "The Boy Who Waterskied to Forever" (Nominated for a Hugo Award, 1982)
- "Beyond the Dead Reef" (Winner of a Locus Award for best short story, 1983)
References
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Sources
- {{cite book |last=Chalker |first=Jack L. |authorlink=Jack L. Chalker |author2=Mark Owings |title=The Science-Fantasy Publishers: A Bibliographic History, 1923-1998 |location=Westminster and Baltimore |publisher=Mirage Press, Ltd. | year=1998}}
- {{cite book |last=Jaffery |first=Sheldon |authorlink=Sheldon Jaffery |title=The Arkham House Companion |location=Mercer Island, WA |publisher=Starmont House, Inc. |year=1989 |isbn=1-55742-005-X}}
- {{cite book |last=Joshi |first=S. T. |authorlink=S. T. Joshi |title=Sixty Years of Arkham House: A History and Bibliography | location=Sauk City |publisher=Arkham House |year=1999 |isbn=0-87054-176-5}}
- {{cite book |last=Nielsen |first=Leon |title=Arkham House Books: A Collector's Guide |location=Jefferson, NC and London | publisher=McFarland & Company, Inc. |year=2004 |isbn=0-7864-1785-4}}
External links
- {{ISFDB title|id=38769|title=Tales of the Quintana Roo}}
- {{cite web |author=Locus Publications |title=Tales of the Quintana Roo |url=http://www.locusmag.com/index/t95.htm#A5492 |work=The Locus Index to Science Fiction|accessdate=20 March 2011}}
{{World Fantasy Award Best Collection}}
Category:1986 short story collections
Category:Fantasy short story collections
Category:Short story collections by James Tiptree Jr.
Category:World Fantasy Award–winning works
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