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Janet Kagan (born Janet Megson, April 18, 1946 – February 29, 2008) was an American author. Her works include two
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novels and two science fiction collections, plus numerous science fiction and
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short stories that appeared in publications such as ''
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'' and ''
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''. Her story " The Nutcracker Coup" was nominated for both the
Hugo Award for Best Novelette The Hugo Award for Best Novelette is one of the Hugo Awards given each year for science fiction or fantasy stories published or translated into English during the previous calendar year. The novelette award is available for works of fiction of ...
and the
Nebula Award for Best Novelette The Nebula Award for Best Novelette is given each year by the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers Association (SFWA) to a science fiction or fantasy novelette. A work of fiction is defined by the organization as a novelette if it is between 7,5 ...
, winning the Hugo.


Awards

Kagan won the Asimov's Reader Poll award for best Novelette in 1990 for "The Loch Moose Monster", in 1991 for "Getting the Bugs Out" and in 1993 for "The Nutcracker Coup", which also won the 1993 Hugo award.


Works


Novels

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Uhura's Song ''Uhura's Song'' is a '' Star Trek: The Original Series'' novel written by Janet Kagan published in 1985. Kagan was asked to produce an outline by editor David G. Hartwell, after he read the manuscript of her novel '' Hellspark''. She was unfa ...
'' (1985) (''Star Trek'' tie-in novel) *''Hellspark'' (1988)


Collections

*'' Mirabile'' (1991) *''The Collected Kagan'' (2016)


Short stories


Mirabile series

*"The Loch Moose Monster" (1989) *"The Return of the Kangaroo Rex" (1989) *"The Flowering Inferno" (1990) *"Getting the Bugs Out" (1990) *"Raising Cane" (1991) *"Frankenswine" (1991)


Other short stories

*"Faith-of-the-Month Club" (1982) nly as by uncredited*"Junkmail" (1988) *"The Nolacon Visitation" (1988) (with
Patrick H. Adkins Patrick H. Adkins (January 9, 1948 – April 7, 2015) was an American fantasy author and editor best known for his mythological fantasies. In addition to his writing he has worked as "a bookseller, small press publisher, 'slush pile' reader for ' ...
and others) *"Naked Wish-Fulfillment" (1989) *"What a Wizard Does" (1990) *"From the Dead Letter File" (1990) *"Winging It" (1991) *"Fighting Words" (1992) *"Love Our Lockwood" (1992) (collected in
Mike Resnick Michael Diamond Resnick (; March 5, 1942 – January 9, 2020) was an American science fiction writer and editor. He won five Hugo awards and a Nebula award, and was the guest of honor at Chicon 7. He was the executive editor of the defunct mag ...
's anthology ''
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'' the same year) *"Out on Front Street" (1992) *"The Last of a Vintage Year" (1992) *"The Nutcracker Coup" (1992) *"Christmas Wingding" (1993) *"No Known Cure" (1993) *"She Was Blonde, She Was Dead—and Only Jimmilich Opstromommo Could Find Out Why!!!" (1993) *"Face Time" (1994) *"Space Cadet" (1994) *"Fermat's Best Theorem" (1995) *"Standing in the Spirit" (1997) *"The Stubbornest Broad on Earth" (1998) *"How First Woman Stole Language from Tuli-Tuli the Beast" (2005)


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