''The Man Who Bridged the Mist'' is a

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fantasy Fantasy is a genre of speculative fiction that involves supernatural or Magic (supernatural), magical elements, often including Fictional universe, imaginary places and Legendary creature, creatures. The genre's roots lie in oral traditions, ...

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by Kij Johnson. It was first published in ''

Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine ''Asimov's Science Fiction'' is an American science fiction magazine edited by Sheila Williams and published by Dell Magazines, which is owned by Penny Press. It was launched as a quarterly by Davis Publications in 1977, after obtaining Isaac ...

'' in October/November 2011, and subsequently republished in '' The Year's Best Science Fiction: Twenty-Ninth Annual Collection'', in ''The Best Science Fiction and Fantasy of the Year: Volume 6'', in ''The Year's Best Science Fiction & Fantasy 2012'', in '' Nebula Awards Showcase 2013'', in Johnson's collection ''At the Mouth of the River of Bees'', and as a

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from Phoenix Pick.Bibliography: The Man Who Bridged the Mist
at the

Internet Speculative Fiction Database The Internet Speculative Fiction Database (ISFDB) is a database of bibliographic information on genres considered speculative fiction, including science fiction and related genres such as fantasy, alternate history, and horror fiction. The ISFDB ...

; retrieved September 7, 2014 In 2013, a Persian version was published by Parian Publications. ‘The Man Who Bridged the Mist’ to Hit Iranian Bookshelves
at the Iran Book News Agency; published November 6, 2013; retrieved September 7, 2014

Synopsis

A vast Empire is split by an enormous river filled with a semisolid corrosive mist that is home to monsters... until Kit Meinem arrives to build a

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Reception

"Bridged" won the 2012

Hugo Award for Best Novella The Hugo Award for Best Novella 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 novella award is available for works of fiction of between ...

2012 Hugo Awards
, at TheHugoAwards.org; retrieved September 7, 2014 and the 2011

Nebula Award for Best Novella The Nebula Award for Best Novella is given each year by the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers Association (SFWA) for science fiction or fantasy novellas. A work of fiction is defined by the organization as a novella if it is between 17,500 and 4 ...

.Nebula Award Winners: 1965 – 2011
at Science Fiction Writers of America; retrieved September 7, 2014 As well, it was a finalist for the 2011

Theodore Sturgeon Award The Theodore Sturgeon Memorial Award is an annual literary award presented by the Theodore Sturgeon Literary Trust and the Center for the Study of Science Fiction at the University of Kansas to the author of the best short science fiction story ...

; however, Johnson withdrew it from consideration, as she was a Sturgeon juror.2012 Sturgeon Award Finalists
at '' Locus''; published May 22, 2012; retrieved September 7, 2014 Ken Liu describes the story as "hover(ing) half way between science fiction and fantasy," stating that he likes "the way the precise nature of the mist is never made clear".The Man Who Bridged the Mist
by Ken Liu, at KenLiu.name; published March 7, 2012; retrieved September 7, 2014

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Story history and reprints
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