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Title: The Magical Negro Title Record # 1045097
Author: Nnedi Okorafor
Date: 2004-01-00
Type: SHORTFICTION
Length: short story
Language: English
Synopsis: Thor the Brave is saved from the savage shadows by the self sacrifice of a Magical Negro, who abruptly gets fed up with the role that's always written for him and changes his mind, lets Thor go to his doom, and strolls off into the forest in search of his own stories.
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Year Title
2004 The Magical Negro [as by Nnedi Okorafor-Mbachu]
Year Language Title
2018Translated by Patrick Dechesne
French Le nègre magique

Awards

Place Year and Award Category
Finalists 2005 Sturgeon Best Short Science Fiction

Publications

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Title Date Author/Editor Publisher/Pub. Series ISBN/Catalog ID Price Pages Format Type Cover Artist Verif
Dark Matter: Reading the Bones 2004-01-00 ed. Sheree R. Thomas Aspect / Warner Books 0-446-52860-9
$25.95?$: US dollar
xii+
400
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth Daniel Minter Checkmark
Dark Matter: Reading the Bones 2005-02-00 ed. Sheree R. Thomas Aspect / Warner Books 0-446-69377-4
$14.95?$: US dollar
xiv+
400
tp?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.
anth Daniel Minter Checkmark
Kabu Kabu 2013-09-29 Nnedi Okorafor Prime Books 978-1-60701-421-8
$6.99?$: US dollar
 
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.
coll Johnathan Sung  
Kabu Kabu 2013-10-02 Nnedi Okorafor Prime Books 978-1-60701-405-8
$15.95?$: US dollar
257+
[7]
tp?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.
coll Johnathan Sung Checkmark
Kabu Kabu 2018-05-00 Nnedi Okorafor Les Éditions de l'Instant 978-0-201-37962-4
€22.50?€: Euro
355
tp?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.
coll Katarzyna Wimanska Checkmark
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