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| Author | Brooke Bolander |
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| Language | English |
| Genre | Alternate history |
| Publisher | Tom Doherty Associates |
Publication date | January 23, 2018 |
| Publication place | United States |
| Media type | Print (paperback), ebook |
| Pages | 95 pp |
| Award | Nebula—Novelette (2018) Locus—Novelette (2019) |
| ISBN | 9781250169488 (1st ed. paperback) 9781250169471 (ebook) |
| OCLC | 986960168 |
| LC Class | PS3602.O6515 O55 2018 |
The Only Harmless Great Thing is a 2018 alternate history story by Brooke Bolander, exploring the conjunction of Topsy the Elephant and the Radium Girls scandal. It was published by Tor.com.
The title is taken from John Donne's 1612 poem The Progress of the Soul, and is his description of an elephant.[1]
- ^ Elephants, and Remembering the Worst of History in The Only Harmless Great Thing, by Alisdair Stuart, at Barnes & Noble; published January 24, 2018; retrieved July 5, 2019