Tales of the Quintana Roo

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name = Tales of the Quintana Roo
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image_caption = Dust-jacket illustration by Glennray Tutor for "Tales of the Quintana Roo"
author = James Tiptree, Jr.
illustrator = Glennray Tutor
cover_artist = Glennray Tutor
country = United States
language = English
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genre = Fantasy short stories
publisher = Arkham House
release_date = 1986
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media_type = Print (Hardback)
pages = x, 101 pp (unnumbered)
isbn = ISBN 0-87054-152-8
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"Tales of the Quintana Roo" is a collection of fantasy stories by author James Tiptree, Jr.. It was released in 1986 and was the author's first book published by Arkham House . It was published in an edition of 3,673 copies. The stories originally appeared in "Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine" and "The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction" and are set in the easternmost shore of the Yucatan Peninsula in Mexico. In addition to winning the world fantasy award for best collection in 1987, each of the stories was nominated or won genre awards, and "What Came Ashore at Lirios") was included in the "Oxford Book of Fantasy Stories".

Contents

"Tales of the Quintana Roo" contains the following stories:

# "A Note About the Mayas of the Quintana Roo"
# "What Came Ashore at Lirios"
# "The Boy Who Waterskied to Forever"
# "Beyond the Dead Reef"

Awards

The collection and the stories contained therein were nominated for a number of genre awards: [http://www.locusmag.com/SFAwards/Db/NomLit137.html]

* Tales of Quintano Roo (Winner of the World Fantasy Award for best collection, 1987)
* "What Came Ashore at Lirios" (Nominated for a Nebula award, 1981)
* "The Boy Who Waterskied to Forever" (Nominated for a Hugo award, 1982)
* "Beyond the Dead Reef" (Winner of a Locus Award for best short story, 1983)

References

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*cite book | last=Chalker | first=Jack L. | authorlink=Jack L. Chalker | coauthors=Mark Owings | title=The Science-Fantasy Publishers: A Bibliographic History, 1923-1998 | location=Westminster, MD and Baltimore | publisher=Mirage Press, Ltd.| pages=56 | date=1998
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*cite book | last=Nielsen | first=Leon | title=Arkham House Books: A Collector's Guide | location=Jefferson, NC and London | publisher=McFarland & Company, Inc.| pages=132 | date=2004 | id=ISBN 0-7864-1785-4