Title: The Boy Who Plaited Manes
Title Record # 48520
Author: Nancy Springer
Date: 1986-10-00
Type: SHORTFICTION
Length: short story
Language: English
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Author: Nancy Springer
Date: 1986-10-00
Type: SHORTFICTION
Length: short story
Language: English
Synopsis: A mysterious silent young man appears at a medieval noble house and shows a mystical ability to groom the lady's horse, then an equal talent for grooming her own hair; but when she seduces him, the lord takes vengeance.
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Awards
| Place | Year and Award | Category |
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| 3 | 1987 Hugo | Best Short Story |
| 5 | 1987 Locus | Best Short Story |
| Nomination | 1987 Nebula | Short Story |
| Nomination | 1987 World Fantasy | Best Short Fiction |
Publications
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| Title | Date | Author/Editor | Publisher/Pub. Series | ISBN/Catalog ID | Price | Pages | Format | Type | Cover Artist | Verif |
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| The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, October 1986 | 1986-10-00 | ed. Edward L. Ferman | Mercury Press, Inc. | $1.75?$: US dollar |
164 | digest?Digest-size magazine, including both standard digest size, at about 7" by 4.5", and also large digest, such as recent issues of Asimov's, which are about 8.25" by 5.125". |
mag | Barclay Shaw |  |
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| Fiction, #386 | 1987-05-00 | ed. Editors of Fiction | OPTA | F35.00?F: French frank |
196 | pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper. |
mag | Alain Serruya | ||
| Chance and Other Gestures of the Hand of Fate | 1987-09-00 | Nancy Springer | Baen Books | 0-671-65337-7 | $3.50?$: US dollar |
240+ [8] |
pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper. |
coll | Gary Ruddell | |
| Chance and Other Gestures of the Hand of Fate | 1987-09-00 | Nancy Springer | Baen Books | 0-671-65337-7 | C$4.95?C$: Canadian dollar |
240 | pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper. |
coll | Gary Ruddell | |
| The Year's Best Fantasy Stories: 13 | 1987-11-00 | ed. Arthur W. Saha | DAW Books (DAW Collectors #727) | 0-88677-233-8 / UE2233 | $2.95?$: US dollar |
238 | pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper. |
anth | Dan Horne | |
| The Year's Best Fantasy Stories: 13 | 1988-03-00 | ed. Arthur W. Saha | DAW Books / SFBC | 10770 | $4.98?$: US dollar |
178 | hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
anth | Daniel R. Horne | |
| The Best from Fantasy & Science Fiction: A 40th Anniversary Anthology | 1989-10-00 | ed. Edward L. Ferman | St. Martin's Press | 0-312-03293-5 | $18.95?$: US dollar |
xix+ 376 |
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
anth | Armand Cabrera | |
| Atlantisz fantasztikus magazin, May 1990 | 1990-05-00 | ed. Baranyai Gyula | Móra Ferenc Ifjúsági Könyvkiadó?Mora Ferenc Ifjusagi Konyvkiado |
Ft 41.50?Ft: Hungarian forint |
52 | unknown?The publication record was created from a secondary source and the publication format is unknown. |
mag | Alan Craddock | |
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| Horses! | 1994-05-00 | ed. Jack Dann, Gardner Dozois | Ace Books | 0-441-00057-6 | $4.99?$: US dollar |
224 | pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper. |
anth | Den Beauvais | |
| A Century of Fantasy 1980-1989: The Greatest Stories of the Decade | 1997-02-00 | ed. Robert Silverberg | MJF Books | 1-56731-156-3 | $8.98?$: US dollar |
342 | hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
anth | Wayne D. Barlowe | |
| The Mammoth Book of Fairy Tales | 1997-08-00 | ed. Mike Ashley | Robinson | 1-85487-508-6 | £6.99?£: UK pound |
xii+ 628 |
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 | Frederick Goodall | |
| The Mammoth Book of Fairy Tales | 1997-10-00 | ed. Mike Ashley | Carroll & Graf | 0-7867-0475-6 | $10.95?$: US dollar |
xii+ 628 |
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 | Frederick Goodall | |
| Horses! | 2013-07-15 | ed. Jack Dann, Gardner Dozois | Baen Books | 978-1-62579-148-1 | $4.99?$: US dollar |
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF. |
anth | |||
| Chance and Other Gestures of the Hand of Fate | 2015-05-19 | Nancy Springer | Open Road Integrated Media | 978-1-4532-9406-2 | $7.99?$: US dollar |
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF. |
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