Child of Fortune
#5646 of 8,085 books · #1241 in Science Fiction
Shortlisted for the Locus Award for Best Science Fiction Novel (1986).
In the exotic interstellar civilization of the Second Starfaring Age, youthful wanderers are known as Children of Fortune. This is the tale of one such wanderer, who seeks her destiny on an odyssey of self-discovery amid humanity's many worlds.
- Publisher
- Hachette UK
- ISBN-13
- 9780575117266
- Genre
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Awards
- Locus Award for Best Science Fiction NovelShortlisted(1986)
Other awarded books from Norman Spinrad
- Bug Jack Barron (1969)0 wins · 6 score
- A World Between (2011)0 wins · 5 score
- The Void Captain's Tale (2011)0 wins · 5 score
- Songs from the Stars (2011)0 wins · 4 score
- The Iron Dream (2017)0 wins · 3 score
- Greenhouse Summer (1999)0 wins · 2 score
- Little Heroes (1987)0 wins · 2 score
- Russian Spring (1991)0 wins · 2 score
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