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The Island

2009 novelette by Peter Watts
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The Island

Summary

The Island is a literary work[1].

Key Facts

  • The Island authored Peter Watts[2].
  • The Island received the Hugo Award for Best Novelette[3].
  • The Island's instance of is recorded as literary work[4].
  • The Island's genre is science fiction[5].
  • The Island's part of the series is recorded as Sunflower Cycle[6].
  • The Island's copyright license is recorded as Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike[7].
  • The Island's language of work or name is recorded as English[8].
  • The Island was released on July 1, 2009[9].
  • The Island's work available at URL is recorded as https://www.rifters.com/real/shorts/PeterWatts_TheIsland.pdf[10].
  • The Island's nominated for is recorded as Locus Award for Best Novelette[11].
  • The Island's nominated for is recorded as Theodore Sturgeon Award[12].
  • The Island's nominated for is recorded as Grand Prix de l'Imaginaire for Best Foreign-Language Short Story[13].
  • The Island's published in is recorded as The New Space Opera 2[14].
  • The Island's published in is recorded as Beyond the Rift[15].
  • The Island's published in is recorded as The Year's Best Science Fiction & Fantasy: 2010[16].
  • The Island's title is recorded as The Island[17].
  • The Island's title is recorded as L'Île[18].
  • The Island's title is recorded as L'isola[19].
  • The Island's title is recorded as Остров[20].
  • The Island's copyright status is recorded as copyrighted[21].
  • The Island's form of creative work is recorded as novelette[22].

Body

Authorship and Creation

The Island authored Peter Watts[2].

Publication

The Island was published on July 1, 2009[9]. Its language of work or name is recorded as English[8]. Its genre is science fiction[5]. Its part of the series is recorded as Sunflower Cycle[6].

Subject and Themes

The Island's part of the series is recorded as Sunflower Cycle[6].

Reception

The Island received the Hugo Award for Best Novelette[3].

FAQs

What awards did The Island receive?

Honors received include Hugo Award for Best Novelette[3].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [2] ↑ . Internet Speculative Fiction Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [3] ↑ . thehugoawards.org. thehugoawards.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  5. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [7] ↑ . rifters.com. rifters.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  7. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [9] ↑ . Internet Speculative Fiction Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [11] ↑ . sfadb.com. sfadb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  11. [12] ↑ . sfadb.com. sfadb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  12. [13] ↑ . gpi.noosfere.org. Retrieved . gpi.noosfere.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  13. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [17] ↑ . Internet Speculative Fiction Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  17. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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  1. 27d ago · Iamcarbon · 2026-08-02 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Fantlab work id → 158442
    Published in → The New Space Opera 2, Beyond the Rift, The Year's Best Science Fiction & Fantasy: 2010
    Imported from → —
    Part of the series → Sunflower Cycle
    + 15 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update:1||1 */ [[Property:P7937]]: [[Q472808]], add [[:Q2629164|ISFDB]] reference"
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