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A Vector Alphabet of Interstellar Travel

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A Vector Alphabet of Interstellar Travel

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Author: Yoon Ha Lee
Publisher: Tor.com Publishing, 2011
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Book Type: Short Story
Genre: Science-Fiction
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Among the universe's civilizations, some conceive of the journey between stars as the sailing of bright ships, and others as tunneling through the crevices of night. Some look upon their far-voyaging as a migratory imperative, and name their vessels after birds or butterflies....

This story can be found in the anthologies Year's Best SF 17 (2012), edited by David G. Hartwell and Kathryn Cramer, and Aliens: Recent Encounters (2013), edited by Alex Dally MacFarlane, and Worlds Seen in Passing: Ten Years of Tor.com Short Fiction (2018), edited by Irene Gallo. It is included in the collection Conservation of Shadows (2013).

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