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Flashback

Dan Simmons

First published November 1993
Type Short Fiction
Length Novelette

Synopsis

Flashback is a drug which allows the user to re-live a memory as though it were occurring. The effect is enhanced if the memory is particularly intense, causing undesirable changes in society as individuals cruise the streets <i>creating</i> intense memories.

Awards

YearAwardCategoryStatus
1993 Bram Stoker Award Superior Achievement in a Novella Nominee/Finalist
1994 Locus Poll Award Best Novella Nominee/Finalist

Publications (10)

Date Publication Publisher Type Page
November 1993 Lovedeath Warner Books Collection 153
November 1993 Lovedeath: Five Tales of Love and Death Headline Collection
November 1993 Lovedeath: Five Tales of Love and Death Headline Collection 155
May 1994 Lovedeath Headline Feature Collection 239
August 1994 The Year's Best Science Fiction: Eleventh Annual Collection St. Martin's Press Anthology 471
August 1994 The Year's Best Science Fiction: Eleventh Annual Collection St. Martin's Press Anthology 545
September 1994 The Year's Best Science Fiction: Eleventh Annual Collection St. Martin's Press / SFBC Anthology 545
October 1994 The Best New Science Fiction: 8th Annual Collection Robinson Anthology 520
November 1994 Lovedeath Warner Vision Collection 175
December 2012 Lovedeath Subterranean Press Collection