Nancy Kress bibliography explained
A list of works by or about American science fiction author Nancy Kress.
Novels
- The Prince of Morning Bells, (Timescape / Pocket Oct. 1981) / revised: (FoxAcre Press May 2000)
- The Golden Grove, (Bluejay Books March 1984)
- The White Pipes, (Bluejay Books Jan. 1985)
- An Alien Light, (Arbor House / William Morrow Jan. 1988) / (Legend Nov. 1988)
- Brain Rose, (William Morrow Jan. 1990)
- Maximum Light, (Tor Jan. 1997)
- Yanked!, (Avon June 1999) from David Brin's Out of Time series
- Nothing Human, (Golden Gryphon Press Sep. 2003)
- Dogs, (Tachyon Publications July 2008)
- Steal Across the Sky, (Tor Feb. 2009)
- After the Fall, Before the Fall, During the Fall (Tachyon Publications April 2012)
- Flash Point, (Viking Nov. 2012)
- Sea Change, (Tachyon Publications May 2020)
- The Eleventh Gate, (Baen Books May 5, 2020)
- Observer, (The Story Plant, January 2023) – with Robert Lanza
- The Sleepless
- Book: [1]
- Beggars and Choosers, (Tor Oct. 1994)
- Beggars Ride, (Tor Nov. 1996)
- "Sleeping Dogs," (nv) Far Horizons: All New Tales from the Greatest Worlds of Science Fiction, ed. Robert Silverberg, Avon Eos May 1999
- FBI Agent Robert Cavanaugh
- Oaths and Miracles, (Tor Jan. 1996)
- Stinger, (Tor Oct. 1998)
- "Plant Engineering," (ss) Death Dines at 8:30, ed. Claudia Bishop & Nick DiChario, Berkley 2001
- ProbabilityThe Probability series, also known as Faller's War, is loosely based on Kress' Nebula Award-winning novelette "The Flowers of Aulit Prison", published in the October/November 1996 issue of Asimov’s Science Fiction
- Probability Moon, (Tor July 2000)
- Probability Sun, (Tor July 2001)
- Probability Space, (Tor Sep. 2002)
- Greentrees
- Crossfire, (Tor Feb. 2003)
- Crucible, (Tor Aug. 2004)
- Soulvine Moor Chronicles Published under the name "Anna Kendall"
- Crossing Over, (Gollancz June 2010 / Viking Oct. 2010)
- Dark Mist Rising, (Gollancz May 2011)
- A Bright and Terrible Sword, (Gollancz Jan. 2013)
- Yesterday's Kin Trilogy
- Tomorrow's Kin, (Tor July 2017); a full-length novel which uses the following novella as its opening section:
- Yesterday's Kin, (Tachyon Publications Sep. 2014)[2]
- If Tomorrow Comes, (Tor March 20, 2018)
- Terran Tomorrow, (Tor Nov. 2018)
Short fiction
- Collections
- Trinity and Other Stories, (Bluejay Books Aug. 1985)
- Explaining Nancy Kress, Gene Wolfe, (in) *
- "With the Original Cast," (nv) Omni May 1982
- "Casey’s Empire," (ss) F&SF Nov. 1981
- "Talp Hunt," (ss) Universe 12, ed. Terry Carr, Doubleday 1982
- "Against a Crooked Stile," (nv) Asimov’s May 1979
- "Explanations, Inc.," (ss) F&SF July 1984; read online
- "Shadows on the Cave Wall," (nv) Universe 11, ed. Terry Carr, Doubleday 1981
- "Ten Thousand Pictures, One Word," (ss) Twilight Zone July/Aug. 1984
- "Night Win," (nv) Asimov’s Sep. 1983
- "Borovsky’s Hollow Woman," (with Jeff Duntemann), (nv) Omni Oct 1983
- "Out of All Them Bright Stars," (ss) F&SF Mar. 1985
- "Trinity," (na) Asimov’s Oct. 1984
- The Aliens of Earth, (Arkham House Oct. 1993)
- "The Price of Oranges," (nv) Asimov’s April 1989
- "Glass," (ss) Asimov’s Sept. 1987
- "People Like Us," (ss) Asimov’s Sept. 1989; read online
- "Cannibals," (nv) Asimov’s May 1987
- "To Scale," (ss) Xanadu, ed. Jane Yolen & Martin Harry Greenberg, Tor 1993
- "Touchdown," (ss) Asimov’s Oct. 1990
- "Down Behind Cuba Lake," (ss) Asimov’s Sept. 1986
- "In a World Like This," (ss) Omni Oct. 1988
- "Philippa’s Hands," (ss) Full Spectrum, ed. Lou Aronica & Shawna McCarthy, Bantam 1988
- "Inertia," (nv) Analog Jan. 1990
- "Phone Repairs," (ss) Asimov’s Dec. 1986
- "The Battle of Long Island," (ss) Omni Feb./March 1993
- "Renaissance," (ss) Asimov’s mid-Dec. 1989
- "Spillage," (ss) F&SF April 1988; read online
- "The Mountain to Mohammed," (ss) Asimov’s April 1992
- "Craps," (ss) Asimov’s March 1988
- "And Wild For to Hold," (na) Asimov’s July 1991
- "In Memoriam," (ss) Asimov’s June 1988
- Beaker’s Dozen, (Tor Aug. 1998)
- Introduction, (in) *
- "Beggars in Spain," (na) Axolotl Press/Pulphouse Feb. 1991 / Asimov's April 1991
- "Feigenbaum Number," (ss) Omni Winter 1995 [not seen until 1996]
- "Margin of Error," (ss) Omni Oct. 1994; read online
- "Fault Lines," (na) Asimov’s Aug. 1995
- "Unto The Daughters," (ss) Sisters in Fantasy, ed. Susan Shwartz & Martin H. Greenberg, Roc 1995
- "Evolution," (nv) Asimov’s Oct. 1995
- "Ars Longa," (ss) By Any Other Fame, ed. Mike Resnick & Martin Harry Greenberg, DAW 1993
- "Sex Education," (nv) Intersections, ed. John Kessel, Mark L. Van Name & Richard Butner, Tor 1996
- "Grant Us This Day," (ss) Asimov’s Sept. 1993; slightly revised here
- "The Flowers of Aulit Prison," (nv) Asimov’s Oct./Nov. 1996
- "Summer Wind," (ss) Ruby Slippers, Golden Tears, ed. Ellen Datlow & Terri Windling, AvoNova/William Morrow 1995
- "Always True to Thee, in My Fashion," (ss) Asimov’s Jan. 1997; read online
- "Dancing on Air," (na) Asimov’s July 1993
- Nano Comes to Clifford Falls and Other Stories, (Golden Gryphon Press May 2008)
- Foreword, Mike Resnick, (in) *
- "Nano Comes to Clifford Falls," (ss) Asimov’s July 2006
- "Patent Infringement," (ss) Asimov’s May 2002
- "Computer Virus," (nv) Asimov’s April 2001
- "Product Development," (vi) Nature March 16, 2006; read online
- "The Most Famous Little Girl in the World," (nv) SciFiction May 8, 2002; read online
- "Savior," (na) Asimov’s June 2000
- "Ej-Es," (nv) Stars: Original Stories Based on the Songs of Janis Ian, ed. Janis Ian & Mike Resnick, DAW 2003; read online
- "Shiva in Shadow," (na) Between Worlds, ed. Robert Silverberg, SFBC 2004
- "First Flight," (ss) Space Cadets, ed. Mike Resnick, L.A.WorldCon/SciFi, Inc., Aug. 2006
- "To Cuddle Amy," (vi) Asimov’s Aug. 2000
- "Wetlands Preserve," (nv) SciFiction Sep. 27 2000
- "Mirror Image," (na) One Million A.D., ed. Gardner Dozois, SFBC Dec. 2005
- "My Mother, Dancing," (ss) Asimov’s June 2004; first appeared in French in Destination 3001, ed. Robert Silverberg & Jacques Chambon, Flammarion 2000
- Five Stories, (self-published ebook July 2011)
- "The Flowers of Aulit Prison," (nv) Asimov’s Oct/Nov 1996
- "Exegesis," (ss) Asimov's April/May 2009
- "Margin of Error," (ss) Omni Oct. 1994; read online
- "Patent Infringement," (ss) Asimov's May 2002
- "To Cuddle Amy," (vi) Asimov's Aug. 2000
- Future Perfect: Six Stories of Genetic Engineering, (Phoenix Pick Feb. 2012)
- "The Flowers of Aulit Prison," (nv) Asimov’s Oct/Nov 1996
- "First Rites," (na) Jim Baen’s Universe Oct. 2008
- "Trinity," (na) Asimov’s Oct. 1984
- "Margin of Error," (ss) Omni Oct. 1994; read online
- "Dancing on Air," (na) Asimov’s July 1993
- "And No Such Things Grow Here," (nv) Asimov’s June 2001
- The Body Human: Three Stories of Future Medicine, (Phoenix Pick March 2012)
- "Evolution," (nv) Asimov’s Oct. 1995
- "Fault Lines," (na) Asimov’s Aug. 1995
- "The Mountain to Mohammed," (ss) Asimov’s April 1992
- AI Unbound: Two Stories of Artificial Intelligence, (Phoenix Pick March 2012)
- "Computer Virus," (nv) Asimov's April 2001
- "Savior," (na) Asimov's June 2000
- Fountain of Age: Stories, (Small Beer Press April 2012)
- "The Erdmann Nexus," (na) Asimov’s Oct./Nov. 2008
- "The Kindness of Strangers," (ss) Fast Forward 2, ed. Lou Anders, Pyr Oct. 2008
- "By Fools Like Me," (ss) Asimov’s Sep. 2007
- "First Rites," (na) Jim Baen’s Universe Oct. 2008
- "End Game," (ss) Asimov’s April/May 2007; read online
- "Images of Anna," (ss) Fantasy Sep. 2009; read online
- "Laws of Survival," (nv) Jim Baen’s Universe Dec. 2007; read online
- "Safeguard," (nv) Asimov’s Jan. 2007
- "Fountain of Age," (na) Asimov’s July 2007
- Book:
- Introduction, (in) *
- "And Wild For to Hold," (na) Asimov’s July 1991
- "Out of All Them Bright Stars," (ss) F&SF Mar. 1985
- "Pathways," (nv) Twelve Tomorrows [2013 Edition], ed. Stephen Cass, MIT Technology Review Oct. 2013; read online
- "Dancing on Air," (na) Asimov’s July 1993
- "Unto The Daughters," (ss) Sisters in Fantasy, ed. Susan Shwartz & Martin H. Greenberg, Roc June 1995
- "Laws of Survival," (nv) Jim Baen’s Universe Dec. 2007; read online
- "Someone to Watch over Me," (ss) IEEE Spectrum June 2014; read online
- "The Flowers of Aulit Prison," (nv) Asimov’s Oct./Nov. 1996
- "The Price of Oranges," (nv) Asimov’s April 1989
- "By Fools Like Me," (ss) Asimov’s Sep. 2007
- "Casey’s Empire," (ss) F&SF Nov. 1981
- "Shiva in Shadow," (na) Between Worlds, ed. Robert Silverberg, SFBC 2004
- "Grant Us This Day," (ss) Asimov’s Sept. 1993; slightly revised here
- "The Kindness of Strangers," (ss) Fast Forward 2, ed. Lou Anders, Pyr Oct. 2008
- "End Game," (ss) Asimov’s April/May 2007; read online
- "My Mother, Dancing," (ss) Asimov’s June 2004; first appeared in French in Destination 3001, ed. Robert Silverberg & Jacques Chambon, Flammarion 2000
- "Trinity," (na) Asimov’s Oct. 1984
- "People Like Us," (ss) Asimov’s Sept. 1989; read online
- "Evolution," (nv) Asimov’s Oct. 1995
- "Margin of Error," (ss) Omni Oct. 1994; read online
- "Beggars in Spain," (na) Axolotl Press/Pulphouse Feb. 1991 / Asimov's April 1991
- Chapbooks
- Beggars in Spain, (Axolotl Press / Pulphouse Feb. 1991) / Asimov’s April 1991
- The Price of Oranges, (Pulphouse June 1992); (ss), reprinted from Asimov’s April 1989
- Dancing on Air, (Tachyon Publications Sep. 1997); (na), reprinted from Asimov’s July 1993
- Act One, (Phoenix Pick March 2010); (na), reprinted from Asimov’s March 2009
- Stories[3]
width=25% | Title | Year | First published | Reprinted/collected | Notes |
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Beggars in Spain | 1991 | Book: | | Novella |
Eoghan | 1992 | Alternate Kennedys edited by Mike Resnick, Tor Books, July 1992 | | |
Mithridates, he died old | 2013 | | | |
Frog watch | 2013 | | | |
data-sort-value="common ground" | The common good | 2014 | | | Novelette |
Sidewalk at 12:10 P.M. | 2014 | | | |
Writer's block | 2014 | | | Novelette | |
Anthologies
Non-fiction
- Beginnings, Middles & Ends, (Writer's Digest Books 1993)
- Dynamic Characters: How to Create Personalities That Keep Readers Captivated, (Writer's Digest Books 1998)
- Characters, Emotion & Viewpoint: Techniques and Exercises for Crafting Dynamic Characters and Effective Viewpoints, (Writer's Digest Books 2005)
Critical studies and reviews of Kress' work
- Yesterday's kin
Notes and References
- Expanded from the novella of the same name, which serves as the novel version's opening section
- Briefly reviewed in the July 2015 issue of Asimov's Science Fiction, pp.107–111
- Short stories unless otherwise noted.