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Grotto of the Dancing Deer

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"Grotto of the Dancing Deer"
Short storybyClifford D. Simak
Country	United States
Language	English
Genre(s)	Science fiction
Publication
Published in	Analog Science Fiction / Science Fact
Publication type	Periodical
Publisher	Condé Nast Publications, Inc.
Media type	Print (Magazine, Hardback, & Paperback)
Publication date	April 1980

"Grotto of the Dancing Deer" is a science fiction short story by American writer Clifford D. Simak, one of his last short works. It won the 1980 Nebula Award for Best Short Story and the 1981 Hugo Award for Best Short Story and Locus Award for Best Short Story. The story involves an archaeologist discovering a comical, ancient cave-painting and then meeting with its original painter, an immortal still living nearby.^[1]

References[edit]

^ Whyte, Nicholas (8 January 2006). "Review: Grotto of the Dancing Deer, by Clifford D. Simak". Retrieved 23 September 2015.

External links[edit]

Grotto of the Dancing Deer title listing at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database

Awards
Preceded by "The Way of Cross and Dragon" byGeorge R. R. Martin	Hugo Award for Best Short Story 1981	Succeeded by "The Pusher" byJohn Varley

Hugo Award for Best Short Story (1981–2000)

"Grotto of the Dancing Deer" by Clifford D. Simak (1981)
"The Pusher" by John Varley (1982)
"Melancholy Elephants" by Spider Robinson (1983)
"Speech Sounds" by Octavia E. Butler (1984)
"The Crystal Spheres" by David Brin (1985)
"Fermi and Frost" by Frederik Pohl (1986)
"Tangents" by Greg Bear (1987)
"Why I Left Harry's All-Night Hamburgers" by Lawrence Watt-Evans (1988)
"Kirinyaga" by Mike Resnick (1989)
"Boobs" by Suzy McKee Charnas (1990)
"Bears Discover Fire" by Terry Bisson (1991)
"A Walk in the Sun" by Geoffrey A. Landis (1992)
"Even the Queen" by Connie Willis (1993)
"Death on the Nile" by Connie Willis (1994)
"None So Blind" by Joe Haldeman (1995)
"The Lincoln Train" by Maureen F. McHugh (1996)
"The Soul Selects Her Own Society" by Connie Willis (1997)
"The 43 Antarean Dynasties" by Mike Resnick (1998)
"The Very Pulse of the Machine" by Michael Swanwick (1999)
"Scherzo with Tyrannosaur" by Michael Swanwick (2000)

v t e Nebula Award for Best Short Story
1966–1980	""Repent, Harlequin!" Said the Ticktockman" by Harlan Ellison (1966) "The Secret Place" by Richard McKenna (1967) "Aye, and Gomorrah" by Samuel R. Delany (1968) "The Planners" by Kate Wilhelm (1969) "Passengers" by Robert Silverberg (1970) "Good News from the Vatican" by Robert Silverberg (1972) "When It Changed" by Joanna Russ (1973) "Love Is the Plan the Plan Is Death" by James Tiptree Jr. (1974) "The Day Before the Revolution" by Ursula K. Le Guin (1975) "Catch That Zeppelin!" by Fritz Leiber (1976) "A Crowd of Shadows" by Charles L. Grant (1977) "Jeffty Is Five" by Harlan Ellison (1978) "Stone" by Edward Bryant (1979) "giANTS" by Edward Bryant (1980)
1981–2000	"Grotto of the Dancing Deer" by Clifford D. Simak (1981) "The Bone Flute" by Lisa Tuttle (refused, 1982) "A Letter from the Clearys" by Connie Willis (1983) "The Peacemaker" by Gardner Dozois (1984) "Morning Child" by Gardner Dozois (1985) "Out of All Them Bright Stars" by Nancy Kress (1986) "Tangents" by Greg Bear (1987) "Forever Yours, Anna" by Kate Wilhelm (1988) "Bible Stories for Adults, No. 17: The Deluge" by James K. Morrow (1989) "Ripples in the Dirac Sea" by Geoffrey A. Landis (1990) "Bears Discover Fire" by Terry Bisson (1991) "Ma Qui" by Alan Brennert (1992) "Even the Queen" by Connie Willis (1993) "Graves" by Joe Haldeman (1994) "A Defense of the Social Contracts" by Martha Soukup (1995) "Death and the Librarian" by Esther Friesner (1996) "A Birthday" by Esther Friesner (1997) "Sister Emily's Lightship" by Jane Yolen (1998) "Thirteen Ways to Water" by Bruce Holland Rogers (1999) "The Cost of Doing Business" by Leslie What (2000)
2001–2020	"macs" by Terry Bisson (2001) "The Cure for Everything" by Severna Park (2002) "Creature" by Carol Emshwiller (2003) "What I Didn't See" by Karen Joy Fowler (2004) "Coming to Terms" by Eileen Gunn (2005) "I Live With You" by Carol Emshwiller (2006) "Echo" by Elizabeth Hand (2007) "Always" by Karen Joy Fowler (2008) "Trophy Wives" by Nina Kiriki Hoffman (2009) "Spar" by Kij Johnson (2010) "How Interesting: A Tiny Man" by Harlan Ellison / "Ponies" by Kij Johnson (2011) "The Paper Menagerie" by Ken Liu (2012) "Immersion" by Aliette de Bodard (2013) "If You Were a Dinosaur, My Love" by Rachel Swirsky (2014) "Jackalope Wives" by Ursula Vernon (2015) "Hungry Daughters of Starving Mothers" by Alyssa Wong (2016) "Seasons of Glass and Iron" by Amal El-Mohtar (2017) "Welcome to Your Authentic Indian Experience™" by Rebecca Roanhorse (2018) "The Secret Lives of the Nine Negro Teeth of George Washington" by P. Djèlí Clark (2019) "Give the Family My Love" by A. T. Greenblatt (2020)
2021–present	"Open House on Haunted Hill" by John Wiswell (2021) "Where Oaken Hearts Do Gather" by Sarah Pinsker (2022) "Rabbit Test" by Samantha Mills (2023)

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