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Remembering Siri

Dan Simmons

First published December 1983
Type Short Fiction
Length Novelette

Synopsis

A novella which appears nearly verbatim in <i>Hyperion</i> as "The Consul's Tale". A Hegemony spinship ferries construction workers to and from Maui-Covenant, where a new farcaster portal is being constructed in orbit. A member of the ship's crew falls in love with Siri, an inhabitant of Maui-Covenant, and upon each return to the planet finds her aging and maturing dramatically due to the time-debt associated with each flight.

Awards

YearAwardCategoryStatus
1984 Locus Poll Award Best Novelette Nominee/Finalist

Publications (8)

Date Publication Publisher Type Page
December 1983 Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine, December 1983 Davis Publications MAGAZINE 30
January 1991 Prayers to Broken Stones Dark Harvest Collection 83|8
January 1991 Prayers to Broken Stones Dark Harvest Collection 83|8
February 1992 Prayers to Broken Stones Headline Collection 75
February 1992 Prayers to Broken Stones Headline Collection
May 1992 Prayers to Broken Stones Bantam Spectra Collection 101
November 1992 Prayers to Broken Stones Headline Feature Collection 113
October 1997 Prayers to Broken Stones Bantam Spectra Collection