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Novel · 2002 · 369 pages

The Speed of Dark

by Elizabeth Moon

The Speed of Dark by Elizabeth Moon won the 2004 Nebula Award for Best Novel. It was also a finalist or poll selection for the 2003 Arthur C. Clarke Award and the 2004 Locus Award for Best Science Fiction Novel.

NebulaWinner · 2004
LocusPoll selection · 2004
ClarkeFinalist · 2003

In the near future, disease will be a condition of the past. Most genetic defects will be removed at birth; the remaining during infancy. Unfortunately, there will be a generation left behind. For members of that missed generation, small advances will be made.

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Finalist, 2003 Arthur C. Clarke Award · Source ↗

Locus poll selection, 2004 Locus Award for Best Science Fiction Novel · Source ↗

Winner, 2004 Nebula Award for Best Novel · Source ↗