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The Periodic Table of Science Fiction
AuthorMichael Swanwick
LanguageEnglish
GenreScience fiction
PublisherPS Publishing
Publication date
July 1, 2005
Publication placeUnited Kingdom
Media typePrint (Slipcased hardcover, Hardcover)
Pages274 (hardcover)
ISBNISBN 1-904619-01-0 (slipcase), ISBN 1-904619-00-2 (hardcover) Parameter error in {{ISBNT}}: invalid character

The Periodic Table of Science Fiction is a collection of 118 very short stories by science fiction author Michael Swanwick. Each story is named after an element in the periodic table, including the as-yet undiscovered Ununseptium. The stories were first published on Eileen Gunn's The Infinite Matrix[1] and then in the SciFiction section of SciFi.com, between 2000 and 2003. The print edition was published in 2005, in two signed limited editions: one slipcase hardback edition with a print run of 200, and one hardback edition with a print run of 500 books.

The theme of each story in the collection is inspired by the element it is named after. The book also includes an afterword by the author, and a foreword by Theodore Gray who was awarded the IgNobel Prize for Chemistry in 2002.

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