"The Undiscovered" is analternate historyshort story byWilliam Sanders that won theSidewise Award for Alternate History.[1] It was originally published in the March 1997 issue ofAsimov's[2] and, in addition to its Sidewise Award nomination, was nominated for theHugo Award,[3] theNebula Award,[4] and theTheodore Sturgeon Award.[5] It was subsequently reprinted inThe Year's Best Science Fiction: Fifteenth Annual Collection,[6]The Best Alternate History Stories of the 20th Century,[7] andBest of the Best: 20 Years of the Year's Best Science Fiction.[8]
The story isnarrated by aCherokee man in the late 16th century. AnEnglish immigrant calledSpear-Shaker has been captured by the narrator's tribe, and is essentially adopted by them. Spear-Shaker tries to introduce the concept ofstage play to the tribe by producing a version ofHamlet for them, but mutual cultural misunderstandings make this very difficult.
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