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The Ocean at the End of the Lane
Published 2013 by William Morrow · 181 pages
Nebula · 2014
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Ancillary Justice
Ann Leckie
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The Ocean at the End of the Lane
Neil Gaiman
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The Red
Linda Nagata
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Fire with Fire
Charles E. Gannon
Finalist
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
Neil Gaiman on these ballots
4 award entries · 3 books · 3 wins · 2002–2014
Synopsis
A middle-aged man returns to his childhood home for a funeral and is drawn to the farmhouse at the end of his lane, where the Hempstock women have lived for as long as anyone can remember. There, he recalls a terrifying childhood adventure involving ancient forces, a malevolent nanny, and a girl named Lettie who claimed the pond behind her house was an ocean.
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