Fountain of Age
Encyclopedia
"Fountain of Age" is a science fiction
novella
published in 2007 by Nancy Kress
. It won the 2008 Nebula Award for Best Novella
and was nominated for the 2008 Hugo Award for Best Novella
.
Science fiction
Science fiction is a genre of fiction dealing with imaginary but more or less plausible content such as future settings, futuristic science and technology, space travel, aliens, and paranormal abilities...
novella
Novella
A novella is a written, fictional, prose narrative usually longer than a novelette but shorter than a novel. The Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America Nebula Awards for science fiction define the novella as having a word count between 17,500 and 40,000...
published in 2007 by Nancy Kress
Nancy Kress
Nancy Kress is an American science fiction writer. She began writing in 1976 but has achieved her greatest notice since the publication of her Hugo and Nebula-winning 1991 novella "Beggars in Spain" which was later expanded into a novel with the same title...
. It won the 2008 Nebula Award for Best Novella
Nebula Award for Best Novella
Winners of the Nebula Award for Best Novella. The stated year is that of publication; awards are given in the following year.-Winners and other nominees:-External links:**...
and was nominated for the 2008 Hugo Award for Best Novella
Hugo Award for Best Novella
The Hugo Awards are given every year by the World Science Fiction Society for the best science fiction or fantasy works and achievements of the previous year. The award is named after Hugo Gernsback, the founder of the pioneering science fiction magazine Amazing Stories, and was once officially...
.
Plot summary
The story is about Max Feder, a wealthy reformed criminal who tries to contact his now-famous former lover, Daria, whose brain tumors have the ability to generate spare stem cells.External links
- Fountain of Age by Nancy Kress at BestScienceFictionStories.com — A review of the story with resources for finding it.