The Undiscovered

Overview:

• Title: The Undiscovered
• Author: William Sanders
• Year: 1997
• Type: Short Fiction

Synopsis:

Alternate history story of William Shakespeare. While drunk in Portsmouth after putting on a show, Shakespeare becomes a stowaway on the wrong boat back to London - and instead winds up in America, where he is eventually captured by Indians.

Awards:

• 1998. The Undiscovered Asimov's Readers' Poll, Asimov's Reader's Poll -- Novelette (Nomination)
• 1998. The Undiscovered Hugo, Best Novelette (Nomination)
• 1998. The Undiscovered Locus Poll, Best Novelette (Nomination)
• 1997. The Undiscovered Nebula, Novelette (Nomination)
• 1998. The Undiscovered Sturgeon, Theodore Sturgeon Memorial Short Story Award (Nomination)
• 1997. The Undiscovered Sidewise, Best Short Form Alternate History (Win)

Editions/Publications:

• 1997. Asimov's Science Fiction, March 1997 (1997, Gardner Dozois, $2.95, 160 pages, Magazine)
• 1998. The Year's Best Science Fiction: Fifteenth Annual Collection (1998, Gardner Dozois St. Martin's, ISBN-10: 0312190336, $17.95, 624 pages, Trade, Anthology)
• 1998. The Year's Best Science Fiction: Fifteenth Annual Collection (1998, Gardner Dozois St. Martin's, ISBN-10: 0312187793, $29.95, 623 pages, Hardcover, Anthology)

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