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Things to Do in Deimos When You're Dead

Alastair Reynolds

First published September 2022
Type Short Fiction
Length Novelette

Synopsis

He wakes up... Where? Strange clothes, strange environment, and why is he clutching some flowers? Oh, and what about his family, and his job? It sort sneaks up on him, that here the sun never sets, and he doesn't have to eat. 2 prior inhabitants try to explain about the brain scan, that must have gone wrong.

Awards

YearAwardCategoryStatus
2023 Asimov's Readers' Poll Best Novelette Nominee/Finalist

Publications (4)

Date Publication Publisher Type Page
September 2022 Asimov's Science Fiction, September-October 2022 Dell Magazines MAGAZINE 56
August 2024 The Best Science Fiction of the Year: Volume 8 Night Shade Books Anthology 353
August 2024 The Best Science Fiction of the Year: Volume 8 Night Shade Books Anthology |20
September 2024 The Best Science Fiction of the Year: Volume 8 JABberwocky Literary Agency Anthology |20