River of Stars
core novel 2013 River of Stars
Record
| First published | 2013 |
|---|---|
| Original language |  EN |
| Work type | novel |
| Canon status | core |
| Reader rating | 4.13 (6,413 ratings, collected 2026-08-13) |
| First-edition ISBN | 9780451416094 |
Where it sits
- Universe: River of Stars
- Series: not part of a registered series (standalone work within its universe)
- Author: Guy Gavriel Kay
Awards (verified)
- Copper Cylinder Award, 2014: won; Corroborated by 2 independent sources (Wikipedia, sfadb); the award's own administering body's site (the Canadian Science Fiction and Fantasy Association) was not reached directly.
- Locus Award (Best Fantasy Novel), 2014: finalist; 4th place per sfadb's own chronology (the no-cutoff Locus-poll convention).
- Aurora Award (Long-Form Work in English), 2014: nominated
- Sunburst Award (Adult), 2014: nominated
Notes
- Standalone historical fantasy (Roc, April 2013) set in the same fictional empire of Kitai as Kay's own Under Heaven, roughly 400-500 years later, but telling a wholly independent story with no shared characters or plot -- exactly the possible future companion admission Under Heaven's own notes flagged. Registered as its own single-work universe rather than folded into Under Heaven, per the same-world-independent-story pattern already established for Bas-Lag's standalone novels.
Sources
← River of Stars dossier · All universes
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