Synopsis
A woman living in a war-torn city sees the future superimposed over the present wherever she looks.
Notes
The Collected Short Fiction of C. J. Cherryh dates this as 1976 which is probably an error.
External Links
Awards
| Year | Award | Category | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1979 | Hugo Award | Best Short Story | Winner |
| 1979 | Locus Poll Award | Best Short Story | Nominee/Finalist |
| 1979 | Nebula Award | Short Story | Runner-up |
Publications (36)
| Date | Publication | Publisher | Type | Page |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| October 1978 | The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, October 1978 | Mercury Press, Inc. | MAGAZINE | 41 |
| May 1979 | The 1979 Annual World's Best SF | DAW Books | Anthology | 87 |
| May 1979 | The 1979 Annual World's Best SF | DAW Books / New American Library of Canada | Anthology | 87 |
| August 1980 | Nebula Winners Fourteen | Harper & Row | Anthology | 186 |
| April 1981 | Nebula Winners Fourteen | W. H. Allen | Anthology | 186 |
| March 1982 | Nebula Winners Fourteen | Star | Anthology | 186 |
| July 1982 | Nebula Winners Fourteen | Bantam Books | Anthology | 156 |
| December 1984 | Wollheim's World's Best SF: Series Eight | DAW Books | Anthology | 87 |
| April 1985 | The Hugo Winners: Volume 4 | Doubleday | Anthology | 553 |
| January 1986 | Visible Light | Phantasia Press | Collection | 3 |
| January 1986 | Visible Light | Phantasia Press | Collection | 3 |
| May 1986 | Visible Light | DAW Books | Collection | 24 |
| May 1986 | Visible Light | DAW Books | Collection | 24 |
| October 1986 | The Hugo Winners, Volume 4: 1976-1979 | Doubleday / SFBC | Anthology | 488 |
| June 1987 | The Dark Void | Severn House | Anthology | 229 |
| February 1988 | Visible Light | Methuen | Collection | 24 |
| August 1994 | The SF Collection | Chancellor Press | Anthology | 477 |
| July 1995 | Women of Wonder, the Contemporary Years: Science Fiction by Women from the 1970s to the 1990s | Harvest / Harcourt Brace | Anthology | 21 |
| April 1998 | The Unexplained: Stories of the Paranormal | Orion | Anthology | 163 |
| April 1998 | The Unexplained: Stories of the Paranormal | Orion | Anthology | 163 |
| May 1999 | The Unexplained: Stories of the Paranormal | Millennium / Orion | Anthology | |
| February 2004 | The Collected Short Fiction of C. J. Cherryh | DAW Books | Collection | 199 |
| February 2005 | The Collected Short Fiction of C. J. Cherryh | DAW Books | Collection | 199 |
| October 2008 | The Collected Short Fiction of C.J. Cherryh | DAW Books | Collection | 225 |
| October 2008 | The Collected Short Fiction of C. J. Cherryh | DAW Books | Collection | |
| December 2008 | Science Fiction: Stories and Contexts | Bedford Books of St. Martin's Press | Anthology | 941 |
| October 2010 | The Last Man Anthology: Tales of Catastrophe, Disaster, and Woe | Sword & Saga Press | Anthology | 147 |
| October 2013 | StarShipSofa, No 307 | District of Wonders | MAGAZINE | |
| March 2014 | Galaxy's Edge, Issue 7: March 2014 | Arc Manor/Phoenix Pick | MAGAZINE | 4 |
| March 2014 | Galaxy's Edge, Issue 7, March 2014 | Arc Manor/Phoenix Pick | MAGAZINE | |
| 2015 | Science Fiction: Stories and Contexts | Bedford Books of St. Martin's Press | Anthology | 612 |
| September 2016 | Women of Futures Past: Classic Stories | Baen Books | Anthology | 103 |
| September 2016 | Women of Futures Past: Classic Stories | Baen Books | Anthology | |6 |
| June 2019 | The Collected Short Fiction of C. J. Cherryh | DAW Books | Collection | |
| September 2022 | The Future Is Female! More Classic Science Fiction Stories by Women, Volume Two: The 1970s | The Library of America | Anthology | 395 |
| December 2023 | Foreigner Series & More | MotionAudiobooks | Omnibus | |66.199 |