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| Author | Connie Willis |
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| Genre | Short story collection |
Publication date | January 1994 |
| ISBN | 0-553-56436-6 |
Impossible Things is a collection of short stories by American writer Connie Willis, first published in January 1994,[1][2] that includes tales of ecological disaster, humorous satire, tragedy, and satirical alternate realities. Its genres range from comedy to tragedy to horror. Three of the stories won Nebula Awards,[3] and two won Hugo Awards.
Like her novel Bellwether, the stories In the Late Cretaceous and At the Rialto explore aspects of scientific research. Like All Seated on the Ground, the story Spice Pogrom involves first contact with an intelligent alien species. Like the two-part novel Blackout/All Clear, the story of Jack involves life during The Blitz. The stories Ado and Winter's Tale both refer to William Shakespeare, while Time Out, like her time travel novels, explores the nature of time.
- ^ "Impossible Things". Booklist. December 15, 1993. Archived from the original on September 24, 2024. Retrieved September 23, 2024.
- ^ "Impossible Things by Connie Willis". Publishers Weekly. November 29, 1993. Archived from the original on September 24, 2024. Retrieved September 24, 2024.
- ^ "SFWA Nebula Awards". Archived from the original on June 3, 2013. Retrieved June 11, 2011.