The King Who Wasn't

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Overview:

Title: The King Who Wasn't
Author: Lloyd Biggle, Jr.
Year: 2001
Type: Short Fiction
Series: Interplanetary Relations Bureau

Awards:

0000. The King Who Wasn't Analog Award, Best Novella (Nomination)

Editions/Publications:

Unknown. Analog Science Fiction and Fact, September 2001 (Unknown, Lloyd Biggle, Jr., $3.50, 144 pages, digest, MAGAZINE)