Out of All Them Bright Stars
"Out of All Them Bright Stars" is a science fiction short story by Nancy Kress. It was first published in The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction in 1985.
Synopsis
[edit]Sally Gourley is a waitress at a diner who watches as an alien tries to order a meal, only to have events spin out of control. Kress has observed that Gourley is "powerless because of her class, not her gender".[1]
Reception
[edit]"Out of All Them Bright Stars" won the 1986 Nebula Award for Best Short Story.[2]
References
[edit]- ↑ Interview: Nancy Kress, by the Geek's Guide to the Galaxy, in Lightspeed; published December 2016 (issue 79); retrieved June 4, 2019
- ↑ Out of All Them Bright Stars, at Science Fiction Writers of America; retrieved June 4, 2019
External links
[edit]Out of All Them Bright Stars title listing at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database
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