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A Stranger in Olondria
Sofia Samatar’s only award entry in this dataset.
Published 2013 by Small Beer Press · 299 pages
Nebula · 2014
FinalistOn the ballot with
This book is recorded on the Nebula ballot only. Each row shows the full Best Novel ballot for that award and ceremony year. Winners appear first.
★ Winner
Ancillary Justice
Ann Leckie
Finalist
The Ocean at the End of the Lane
Neil Gaiman
Finalist
The Red
Linda Nagata
Finalist
Fire with Fire
Charles E. Gannon
Finalist · this book
A Stranger in Olondria
Sofia Samatar
Finalist
The Golem and the Jinni
Helene Wecker
Finalist
We Are All Completely Beside Ourselves
Karen Joy Fowler
Finalist
Hild
Nicola Griffith
Synopsis
Jevick, the son of a pepper merchant from a rural island, travels to the empire of Olondria. When a ghost attaches itself to him, he is caught between religious factions divided over written and oral traditions.
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