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        <dc:identifier opf:scheme="calibre" id="calibre_id">5847</dc:identifier>
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        <dc:title>The Chop Girl</dc:title>
        <dc:creator opf:file-as="MacLeod, Ian R." opf:role="aut">Ian R. MacLeod</dc:creator>
        <dc:contributor opf:file-as="calibre" opf:role="bkp">calibre (2.43.0) [http://calibre-ebook.com]</dc:contributor>
        <dc:date>1999-12-02T00:00:00+00:00</dc:date>
        <dc:description>&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;4 &amp;#8226; &lt;a href="http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/title.cgi?129167" dir="ltr"&gt;The Great Tradition&lt;/a&gt; &amp;#8226; [&lt;a href="http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/pe.cgi?10400" dir="ltr"&gt;Reflections&lt;/a&gt;] &amp;#8226; essay by &lt;a href="http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/ea.cgi?54" dir="ltr"&gt;Robert Silverberg&lt;/a&gt;&lt;li&gt;8 &amp;#8226; &lt;a href="http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/title.cgi?129168" dir="ltr"&gt;Comics&lt;/a&gt; &amp;#8226; [&lt;a href="http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/pe.cgi?10740" dir="ltr"&gt;On the Net&lt;/a&gt;] &amp;#8226; essay by &lt;a href="http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/ea.cgi?236" dir="ltr"&gt;James Patrick Kelly&lt;/a&gt;&lt;li&gt;12 &amp;#8226; &lt;a href="http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/title.cgi?89115" dir="ltr"&gt;Forty, Counting Down&lt;/a&gt; &amp;#8226; novella by &lt;a href="http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/ea.cgi?148" dir="ltr"&gt;Harry Turtledove&lt;/a&gt;&lt;li&gt;12 &amp;#8226; &amp;#8194;&lt;a href="http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/title.cgi?111812" dir="ltr"&gt;Forty, Counting Down&lt;/a&gt; &amp;#8226; interior artwork by &lt;a href="http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/ea.cgi?954" dir="ltr"&gt;Darryl Elliott&lt;/a&gt;&lt;li&gt;48 &amp;#8226; &lt;a href="http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/title.cgi?109035" dir="ltr"&gt;Christmas (after we all get time machines)&lt;/a&gt; &amp;#8226; poem by &lt;a href="http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/ea.cgi?417" dir="ltr"&gt;Geoffrey A. Landis&lt;/a&gt;&lt;li&gt;50 &amp;#8226; &lt;a href="http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/title.cgi?89118" dir="ltr"&gt;Jaycee&lt;/a&gt; &amp;#8226; shortstory by &lt;a href="http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/ea.cgi?10297" dir="ltr"&gt;Daniel Abraham&lt;/a&gt;&lt;li&gt;59 &amp;#8226; &lt;a href="http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/title.cgi?109036" dir="ltr"&gt;Curse of the Quark's Wife&lt;/a&gt; &amp;#8226; [&lt;a href="http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/pe.cgi?9452" dir="ltr"&gt;Accursed Wives&lt;/a&gt;] &amp;#8226; poem by &lt;a href="http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/ea.cgi?221" dir="ltr"&gt;Bruce Boston&lt;/a&gt;&lt;li&gt;60 &amp;#8226; &lt;a href="http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/title.cgi?89117" dir="ltr"&gt;The Chop Girl&lt;/a&gt; &amp;#8226; novelette by &lt;a href="http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/ea.cgi?1522" dir="ltr"&gt;Ian R. MacLeod&lt;/a&gt;&lt;li&gt;60 &amp;#8226; &amp;#8194;&lt;a href="http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/title.cgi?111814" dir="ltr"&gt;The Chop Girl&lt;/a&gt; &amp;#8226; interior artwork by &lt;a href="http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/ea.cgi?8955" dir="ltr"&gt;Laurie Harden&lt;/a&gt;&lt;li&gt;78 &amp;#8226; &lt;a href="http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/title.cgi?89119" dir="ltr"&gt;Viper&lt;/a&gt; &amp;#8226; shortstory by &lt;a href="http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/ea.cgi?503" dir="ltr"&gt;Alastair Reynolds&lt;/a&gt;&lt;li&gt;78 &amp;#8226; &amp;#8194;&lt;a href="http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/title.cgi?111815" dir="ltr"&gt;Viper&lt;/a&gt; &amp;#8226; interior artwork by &lt;a href="http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/ea.cgi?1660" dir="ltr"&gt;Alan Giana&lt;/a&gt;&lt;li&gt;91 &amp;#8226; &lt;a href="http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/title.cgi?109037" dir="ltr"&gt;Correcting the Record&lt;/a&gt; &amp;#8226; poem by &lt;a href="http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/ea.cgi?12047" dir="ltr"&gt;Timons Esaias&lt;/a&gt;&lt;li&gt;92 &amp;#8226; &lt;a href="http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/title.cgi?89120" dir="ltr"&gt;Open Mike&lt;/a&gt; &amp;#8226; shortstory by &lt;a href="http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/ea.cgi?11285" dir="ltr"&gt;Eliot Fintushel&lt;/a&gt;&lt;li&gt;96 &amp;#8226; &lt;a href="http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/title.cgi?89116" dir="ltr"&gt;Hunting the Snark&lt;/a&gt; &amp;#8226; [&lt;a href="http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/pe.cgi?21389" dir="ltr"&gt;Birthright Universe&lt;/a&gt;] &amp;#8226; novella by &lt;a href="http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/ea.cgi?48" dir="ltr"&gt;Mike Resnick&lt;/a&gt;&lt;li&gt;96 &amp;#8226; &amp;#8194;&lt;a href="http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/title.cgi?111813" dir="ltr"&gt;Hunting the Snark&lt;/a&gt; &amp;#8226; interior artwork by &lt;a href="http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/ea.cgi?23054" dir="ltr"&gt;Mark Evans&lt;/a&gt;&lt;li&gt;132 &amp;#8226; &lt;a href="http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/title.cgi?922125" dir="ltr"&gt;On Books (Asimov's, December 1999)&lt;/a&gt; &amp;#8226; [&lt;a href="http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/pe.cgi?25108" dir="ltr"&gt;On Books&lt;/a&gt;] &amp;#8226; essay by &lt;a href="http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/ea.cgi?1176" dir="ltr"&gt;Paul Di Filippo&lt;/a&gt;&lt;li&gt;132 &amp;#8226;  &amp;#8194; &lt;a href="http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/title.cgi?922128" dir="ltr"&gt;Review&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;a href="http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/title.cgi?12574" dir="ltr"&gt;Song for the Basilisk&lt;/a&gt; by &lt;a href="http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/ea.cgi?115090" dir="ltr"&gt;Patricia McKillip&lt;/a&gt; &amp;#8226; review by &lt;a href="http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/ea.cgi?1176" dir="ltr"&gt;Paul Di Filippo&lt;/a&gt;&lt;li&gt;133 &amp;#8226;  &amp;#8194; &lt;a href="http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/title.cgi?922129" dir="ltr"&gt;Review&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;a href="http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/title.cgi?12045" dir="ltr"&gt;Starfarers&lt;/a&gt; by &lt;a href="http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/ea.cgi?3" dir="ltr"&gt;Poul Anderson&lt;/a&gt; &amp;#8226; review by &lt;a href="http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/ea.cgi?1176" dir="ltr"&gt;Paul Di Filippo&lt;/a&gt;&lt;li&gt;134 &amp;#8226;  &amp;#8194; &lt;a href="http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/title.cgi?922130" dir="ltr"&gt;Review&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;a href="http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/title.cgi?19489" dir="ltr"&gt;The Engines of Dawn&lt;/a&gt; by &lt;a href="http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/ea.cgi?3017" dir="ltr"&gt;Paul Cook&lt;/a&gt; &amp;#8226; review by &lt;a href="http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/ea.cgi?1176" dir="ltr"&gt;Paul Di Filippo&lt;/a&gt;&lt;li&gt;134 &amp;#8226;  &amp;#8194; &lt;a href="http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/title.cgi?922131" dir="ltr"&gt;Review&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;a href="http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/title.cgi?1156113" dir="ltr"&gt;Deep Time&lt;/a&gt; by &lt;a href="http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/ea.cgi?109" dir="ltr"&gt;Gregory Benford&lt;/a&gt; &amp;#8226; review by &lt;a href="http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/ea.cgi?1176" dir="ltr"&gt;Paul Di Filippo&lt;/a&gt;&lt;li&gt;135 &amp;#8226;  &amp;#8194; &lt;a href="http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/title.cgi?922132" dir="ltr"&gt;Review&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;a href="http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/title.cgi?958551" dir="ltr"&gt;Q is for Quantum&lt;/a&gt; by &lt;a href="http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/ea.cgi?1496" dir="ltr"&gt;John Gribbin&lt;/a&gt; &amp;#8226; review by &lt;a href="http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/ea.cgi?1176" dir="ltr"&gt;Paul Di Filippo&lt;/a&gt;&lt;li&gt;135 &amp;#8226;  &amp;#8194; &lt;a href="http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/title.cgi?922133" dir="ltr"&gt;Review&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;a href="http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/title.cgi?881738" dir="ltr"&gt;Robot&lt;/a&gt; by &lt;a href="http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/ea.cgi?23266" dir="ltr"&gt;Hans Moravec&lt;/a&gt; &amp;#8226; review by &lt;a href="http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/ea.cgi?1176" dir="ltr"&gt;Paul Di Filippo&lt;/a&gt;&lt;li&gt;135 &amp;#8226;  &amp;#8194; &lt;a href="http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/title.cgi?922134" dir="ltr"&gt;Review&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;a href="http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/title.cgi?958553" dir="ltr"&gt;Genesis: The Story of Apollo 8&lt;/a&gt; by &lt;a href="http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/ea.cgi?36238" dir="ltr"&gt;Robert Zimmerman&lt;/a&gt; &amp;#8226; review by &lt;a href="http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/ea.cgi?1176" dir="ltr"&gt;Paul Di Filippo&lt;/a&gt;&lt;li&gt;135 &amp;#8226;  &amp;#8194; &lt;a href="http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/title.cgi?922135" dir="ltr"&gt;Review&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;a href="http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/title.cgi?958558" dir="ltr"&gt;Muddling Through&lt;/a&gt; by &lt;a href="http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/ea.cgi?116644" dir="ltr"&gt;Mike Fortun&lt;/a&gt; &lt;b&gt;and&lt;/b&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/ea.cgi?116645" dir="ltr"&gt;Herbert Bernstein&lt;/a&gt; &amp;#8226; review by &lt;a href="http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/ea.cgi?1176" dir="ltr"&gt;Paul Di Filippo&lt;/a&gt;&lt;li&gt;136 &amp;#8226;  &amp;#8194; &lt;a href="http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/title.cgi?922136" dir="ltr"&gt;Review&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;a href="http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/title.cgi?443841" dir="ltr"&gt;Splitting&lt;/a&gt; by &lt;a href="http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/ea.cgi?69761" dir="ltr"&gt;Brian C. Clark&lt;/a&gt; &amp;#8226; review by &lt;a href="http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/ea.cgi?1176" dir="ltr"&gt;Paul Di Filippo&lt;/a&gt;&lt;li&gt;136 &amp;#8226;  &amp;#8194; &lt;a href="http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/title.cgi?922137" dir="ltr"&gt;Review&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;a href="http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/title.cgi?39372" dir="ltr"&gt;Punktown&lt;/a&gt; by &lt;a href="http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/ea.cgi?11149" dir="ltr"&gt;Jeffrey Thomas&lt;/a&gt; &amp;#8226; review by &lt;a href="http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/ea.cgi?1176" dir="ltr"&gt;Paul Di Filippo&lt;/a&gt;&lt;li&gt;137 &amp;#8226;  &amp;#8194; &lt;a href="http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/title.cgi?922138" dir="ltr"&gt;Review&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;a href="http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/title.cgi?958559" dir="ltr"&gt;The Book of Fabulous Beasts&lt;/a&gt; by &lt;a href="http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/ea.cgi?116648" dir="ltr"&gt;Joseph Nigg&lt;/a&gt; &amp;#8226; review by &lt;a href="http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/ea.cgi?1176" dir="ltr"&gt;Paul Di Filippo&lt;/a&gt;&lt;li&gt;137 &amp;#8226;  &amp;#8194; &lt;a href="http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/title.cgi?922139" dir="ltr"&gt;Review&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;a href="http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/title.cgi?877414" dir="ltr"&gt;The Ultimate Encyclopedia of Fantasy&lt;/a&gt; by &lt;a href="http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/ea.cgi?719" dir="ltr"&gt;David Pringle&lt;/a&gt; &amp;#8226; review by &lt;a href="http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/ea.cgi?1176" dir="ltr"&gt;Paul Di Filippo&lt;/a&gt;&lt;li&gt;137 &amp;#8226;  &amp;#8194; &lt;a href="http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/title.cgi?922140" dir="ltr"&gt;Review&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;a href="http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/title.cgi?102874" dir="ltr"&gt;Pulp Culture&lt;/a&gt; by &lt;a href="http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/ea.cgi?31736" dir="ltr"&gt;Frank Robinson&lt;/a&gt; &lt;b&gt;and&lt;/b&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/ea.cgi?21226" dir="ltr"&gt;Lawrence Davidson&lt;/a&gt; &amp;#8226; review by &lt;a href="http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/ea.cgi?1176" dir="ltr"&gt;Paul Di Filippo&lt;/a&gt;&lt;li&gt;137 &amp;#8226;  &amp;#8194; &lt;a href="http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/title.cgi?922141" dir="ltr"&gt;Review&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;a href="http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/title.cgi?889292" dir="ltr"&gt;When the World Shook&lt;/a&gt; by &lt;a href="http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/ea.cgi?138" dir="ltr"&gt;H. Rider Haggard&lt;/a&gt; &amp;#8226; review by &lt;a href="http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/ea.cgi?1176" dir="ltr"&gt;Paul Di Filippo&lt;/a&gt;&lt;li&gt;137 &amp;#8226;  &amp;#8194; &lt;a href="http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/title.cgi?922142" dir="ltr"&gt;Review&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;a href="http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/title.cgi?698009" dir="ltr"&gt;Journey to the Center of the Earth&lt;/a&gt; by &lt;a href="http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/ea.cgi?159" dir="ltr"&gt;Jules Verne&lt;/a&gt; &amp;#8226; review by &lt;a href="http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/ea.cgi?1176" dir="ltr"&gt;Paul Di Filippo&lt;/a&gt;&lt;li&gt;137 &amp;#8226;  &amp;#8194; &lt;a href="http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/title.cgi?922143" dir="ltr"&gt;Review&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;a href="http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/title.cgi?958561" dir="ltr"&gt;Kidnapped by Cannibals&lt;/a&gt; by &lt;a href="http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/ea.cgi?119867" dir="ltr"&gt;Dr. Gordon Stables, M.D.&lt;/a&gt; &amp;#8226; review by &lt;a href="http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/ea.cgi?1176" dir="ltr"&gt;Paul Di Filippo&lt;/a&gt;&lt;li&gt;138 &amp;#8226;  &amp;#8194; &lt;a href="http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/title.cgi?922144" dir="ltr"&gt;Review&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;a href="http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/title.cgi?35404" dir="ltr"&gt;Palace Corbie Eight&lt;/a&gt; by &lt;a href="http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/ea.cgi?10578" dir="ltr"&gt;Wayne Edwards&lt;/a&gt; &amp;#8226; review by &lt;a href="http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/ea.cgi?1176" dir="ltr"&gt;Paul Di Filippo&lt;/a&gt;&lt;li&gt;138 &amp;#8226;  &amp;#8194; &lt;a href="http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/title.cgi?922145" dir="ltr"&gt;Review&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;a href="http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/title.cgi?958564" dir="ltr"&gt;Trix&lt;/a&gt; by &lt;a href="http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/ea.cgi?116650" dir="ltr"&gt;D. J. Williams&lt;/a&gt; &amp;#8226; review by &lt;a href="http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/ea.cgi?1176" dir="ltr"&gt;Paul Di Filippo&lt;/a&gt;&lt;li&gt;138 &amp;#8226;  &amp;#8194; &lt;a href="http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/title.cgi?922146" dir="ltr"&gt;Review&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;a href="http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/title.cgi?958567" dir="ltr"&gt;The Pyrotechnic Insanitarium&lt;/a&gt; by &lt;a href="http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/ea.cgi?3130" dir="ltr"&gt;Mark Dery&lt;/a&gt; &amp;#8226; review by &lt;a href="http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/ea.cgi?1176" dir="ltr"&gt;Paul Di Filippo&lt;/a&gt;&lt;li&gt;138 &amp;#8226;  &amp;#8194; &lt;a href="http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/title.cgi?922147" dir="ltr"&gt;Review&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;a href="http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/title.cgi?38808" dir="ltr"&gt;Satan is a Mathematician&lt;/a&gt; by &lt;a href="http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/ea.cgi?1302" dir="ltr"&gt;Keith Allen Daniels&lt;/a&gt; &amp;#8226; review by &lt;a href="http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/ea.cgi?1176" dir="ltr"&gt;Paul Di Filippo&lt;/a&gt;&lt;li&gt;139 &amp;#8226;  &amp;#8194; &lt;a href="http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/title.cgi?922148" dir="ltr"&gt;Review&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;a href="http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/title.cgi?432521" dir="ltr"&gt;Not the Only Planet&lt;/a&gt; by &lt;a href="http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/ea.cgi?515" dir="ltr"&gt;Damien Broderick&lt;/a&gt; &amp;#8226; review by &lt;a href="http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/ea.cgi?1176" dir="ltr"&gt;Paul Di Filippo&lt;/a&gt;&lt;li&gt;139 &amp;#8226;  &amp;#8194; &lt;a href="http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/title.cgi?922149" dir="ltr"&gt;Review&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;a href="http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/title.cgi?39015" dir="ltr"&gt;This is the Year Zero&lt;/a&gt; by &lt;a href="http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/ea.cgi?261" dir="ltr"&gt;Andrew Weiner&lt;/a&gt; &amp;#8226; review by &lt;a href="http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/ea.cgi?1176" dir="ltr"&gt;Paul Di Filippo&lt;/a&gt;&lt;li&gt;139 &amp;#8226;  &amp;#8194; &lt;a href="http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/title.cgi?922150" dir="ltr"&gt;Review&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;a href="http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/title.cgi?38919" dir="ltr"&gt;The Dragons of Springplace&lt;/a&gt; by &lt;a href="http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/ea.cgi?199" dir="ltr"&gt;Robert Reed&lt;/a&gt; &amp;#8226; review by &lt;a href="http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/ea.cgi?1176" dir="ltr"&gt;Paul Di Filippo&lt;/a&gt;&lt;li&gt;142 &amp;#8226; &lt;a href="http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/title.cgi?922126" dir="ltr"&gt;SF Conventional Calendar (Asimov's, December 1999)&lt;/a&gt; &amp;#8226; essay by &lt;a href="http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/ea.cgi?37359" dir="ltr"&gt;Erwin S. Strauss&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;</dc:description>
        <dc:publisher>Dell Magazines</dc:publisher>
        <dc:identifier opf:scheme="URL">http://isfdb.org/cgi-bin/pl.cgi?57261</dc:identifier>
        <dc:language>en</dc:language>
        <dc:subject>honorable mention dozois years best</dc:subject>
        <dc:subject>novelette</dc:subject>
        <dc:subject>shortfiction</dc:subject>
        <dc:subject>best of year anthology</dc:subject>
        <dc:subject>_isfdb</dc:subject>
        <dc:subject>1 of 2000 Asimov's Readers' Award for Best Novelette</dc:subject>
        <dc:subject>Nomination of 2000 Hugo Award for Best Novelette</dc:subject>
        <dc:subject>Nomination of 2000 Sturgeon Award for Shortlist</dc:subject>
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