"Out of All Them Bright Stars" is a science fiction short story by Nancy Kress. It was first published in The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction in 1985.
Synopsis Sally Gourley is a waitress at a diner who watches as an alien tries to order a meal, only to have events spin out of control. Kress has observed that Gourley is "powerless because of her class, not her gender".Interview: Nancy Kress, by the Geek's Guide to the Galaxy, in Lightspeed; published December 2016 (issue 79); retrieved June 4, 2019
Reception
"Out of All Them Bright Stars" won the 1986 Nebula Award for Best Short Story.Out of All Them Bright Stars, at Science Fiction Writers of America; retrieved June 4, 2019
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