[Xuya Universe 0.50] • The Waiting Stars

[Xuya Universe 0.50] • The Waiting Stars
Authors
Bodard, Aliette de
Publisher
Aliette de Bodard
Tags
science fiction , short stories
Date
2013-04-23T00:00:00+00:00
Size
0.63 MB
Lang
en
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*Originally published in **[The Other Half of the Sky](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/16181383.The_Other_Half_of_the_Sky "The Other Half of the Sky")**, 2013, edited by Athena Andreadis & Kay T. Holt.

Reprinted in Gardner Dozois's **[The Year's Best Science Fiction: Thirty-First Annual Collection](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/18404125.The_Year_s_Best_Science_Fiction__Thirty_First_Annual_Collection "The Year's Best Science Fiction: Thirty-First Annual Collection")**, and later in **[Clarkesworld Magazine, Issue #129](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/35633104.Clarkesworld_Magazine__Issue__129 "Clarkesworld Magazine, Issue #129")***

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The derelict ship ward was in an isolated section of Outsider space, one of the numerous spots left blank on interstellar maps, no more or no less tantalising than its neighbouring quadrants. To most people, it would be just that: a boring part of a long journey to be avoided–skipped over by Mind-ships as they cut through deep space, passed around at low speeds by Outsider ships while their passengers slept in their hibernation cradles.