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Expanded novel edition cover: Beggars in Spain

Novella · 1991 · 154 pages

Beggars in Spain

by Nancy Kress

Beggars in Spain by Nancy Kress won the 1992 Hugo Award for Best Novella and the 1992 Nebula Award for Best Novella. It was also a finalist or poll selection for the 1992 Locus Award for Best Novella.

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