num_pages: 384
description: Assembles a collection of original science fiction stories that explore the idea of endangered species--interpreted in some cases to include the human race--by award-winning science fiction authors, including Ted Chiang.
language: English
title: Vanishing Acts: A Science Fiction Anthology
titlecomplete: Vanishing Acts: A Science Fiction Anthology
genres: Fantasy, Speculative Fiction, Anthologies, Short Stories, Steampunk, Science Fiction Fantasy, Horror, Fiction, Science Fiction
ratings_count: 504
awards: awardedAt: 978336000000
name: Hugo Award
category: Best Novella for "Seventy-Two Letters", awardedAt: 978336000000
name: Locus Award
category: Best Anthology and Best Novella for "Seventy-Two Letters", awardedAt: 978336000000
name: World Fantasy Award
category: Best Anthology and Best Novella for "Seventy-Two Letters", awardedAt: 978336000000
name: Theodore Sturgeon Memorial Award
category: "Seventy-Two Letters", awardedAt: 946713600000
name: Sidewise Award
category: Best Short Form for "Seventy-Two Letters"
publisher: Tor Books