A Short, Sharp Shock

This article is about the novel. For the musical album, see Short Sharp Shocked.

A Short, Sharp Shock (also known as Short, Sharp Shock) is a 1990 fantasy novel by Kim Stanley Robinson.^[1] The plot concerns a man who wakes with no memory in a strange land, and he journeys through it to find the woman who he woke alongside.

A Short, Sharp Shock

First edition
Author	Kim Stanley Robinson
Cover artist	Arnie Fenner
Language	English
Genre	Fantasy novel
Publisher	Mark V. Ziesing
Publication date	1990
Publication place	United States
Media type	Print (Hardback & Paperback)
ISBN	978-0-929-48018-3

His journey takes him along the narrow strip of land, surrounded by ocean, that constitutes the entire world.

The phrase "short, sharp shock" is taken from the comic opera The Mikado, by the Victorian-era theatrical partnership Gilbert and Sullivan.