''Universe 11'' is an

anthology In book publishing, an anthology is a collection of literary works chosen by the compiler; it may be a collection of plays, poems, short stories, songs, or related fiction/non-fiction excerpts by different authors. There are also thematic and g ...

of original

science fiction Science fiction (often shortened to sci-fi or abbreviated SF) is a genre of speculative fiction that deals with imaginative and futuristic concepts. These concepts may include information technology and robotics, biological manipulations, space ...

short stories edited by

Terry Carr Terry Gene Carr (February 19, 1937 – April 7, 1987) was an American science fiction fan, author, editor, and writing instructor. Background and discovery of fandom Carr was born in Grants Pass, Oregon. He attended the City College of S ...

, the eleventh volume in the seventeen-volume Universe anthology series. It was first published in hardcover by

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in June 1981, with a paperback edition from

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in January 1983. The book collects nine novelettes and short stories by various science fiction authors.

* " The Quickening" ( Michael Bishop) * " The Snake Who Had Read Chomsky" ( Josephine Saxton) * " Shadows on the Cave Wall" (

Nancy Kress Nancy Anne Kress (born January 20, 1948) is an American science fiction writer. She began writing in 1976 but has achieved her greatest notice since the publication of her Hugo- and Nebula-winning novella '' Beggars in Spain'' (1991), which becam ...

) * " The Gernsback Continuum" (

William Gibson William Ford Gibson (born March 17, 1948) is an American-Canadian speculative fiction writer and essayist widely credited with pioneering the science fiction subgenre known as cyberpunk. Beginning his writing career in the late 1970s, his ear ...

) * "

Venice Drowned Venice ( ; ; , formerly ) is a city in northeastern Italy and the capital of the Veneto Regions of Italy, region. It is built on a group of 118 islands that are separated by expanses of open water and by canals; portions of the city are li ...

" (

Kim Stanley Robinson Kim Stanley Robinson (born March 23, 1952) is an American science fiction writer best known for his ''Mars'' trilogy. Many of his novels and stories have ecological, cultural, and political themes and feature scientists as heroes. Robinson has ...

) * " In Reticulum" (

Carter Scholz Carter Scholz (born New York, 22 September 1953) is an American speculative fiction author and composer of music. He lives in California. Biography Scholz grew up in Tenafly, New Jersey and graduated from Tenafly High School in 1971. He also at ...

) * " Jean Sandwich, the Sponsor, and I" ( Ian Watson) * " The Start of the End of the World" (

Carol Emshwiller Carol Emshwiller (April 12, 1921 – February 2, 2019) was an American writer of avant-garde short stories and science fiction who won prizes for her work including the Nebula Award to the Philip K. Dick Award. Ursula K. Le Guin has called her ...

) * " Mummer Kiss" (

Michael Swanwick Michael Swanwick (born November 18, 1950) is an American list of fantasy authors, fantasy and List of science-fiction authors, science fiction author who began publishing in the early 1980s. Writing career Swanwick's fiction writing began w ...

)

Awards

The anthology placed second in the 1982 Locus Poll Award for Best Anthology. "The Quickening" won the 1982

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 ...

, was nominated for the 1982

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, and placed tenth in the 1982 Locus Poll Award for Best Novelette. "Shadows on the Cave Wall" placed twenty-fifth in the 1982 Locus Poll Award for Best Novelette. "The Gernsback Continuum" placed twenty-fourth in the 1982 Locus Poll Award for Best Short Story. "Venice Drowned" was nominated for the 1982

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and placed seventeenth in the 1982 Locus Poll Award for Best Short Story. "Mummer Kiss" won the 1982 SF Chronicle Award for Best Novelette, was nominated for the 1982

, and placed thirteenth in the 1982 Locus Poll Award for Best Novelette.

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