''Strangers'' is a

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novel by American author

Gardner Dozois Gardner Raymond Dozois ( ; July 23, 1947 – May 27, 2018) was an American science fiction author and editor. He was the founding editor of '' The Year's Best Science Fiction'' anthologies (1984–2018) and was editor of '' Asimov's Science Fict ...

, published in 1978. The novel was expanded from its original form as a novella, which first appeared in '' New Dimensions IV'' (edited by

Robert Silverberg Robert Silverberg (born January 15, 1935) is a prolific American science fiction author and editor. He is a multiple winner of both Hugo Award, Hugo and Nebula Awards, a member of the Science Fiction and Fantasy Hall of Fame, and a SFWA Grand ...

) in 1974. The novella was nominated for both the Hugo and

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, and has since been collected in Dozois's short fiction collection, ''Strange Days: Fabulous Journeys with Gardner Dozois.'' The expanded novel was originally published by Berkley Books, and was nominated for the

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for Best Novel and the

. It was reprinted by iBooks in 2003.

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