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Passengers

Robert Silverberg

First published November 1968
Type Short Fiction
Length Short Story

Synopsis

For 3 years now, humans have routinely been taken over by the Passengers. Charles wakes up and pieces together, that he's been absent for 3 nights this time. Also, there are traces of a woman in his room. Out walking later, he meets her again.

External Links

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Awards

YearAwardCategoryStatus
1970 Hugo Award Best Short Story Runner-up
1970 Nebula Award Short Story Winner
2012 Locus Online 20th Century Short Story Nominee/Finalist

Publications (75)

Date Publication Publisher Type Page
November 1968 Orbit 4 G. P. Putnam's Sons Anthology 163
August 1969 Orbit 4 Berkley Medallion Anthology 163
1970 The Cube Root of Uncertainty Macmillan Collection 1
October 1970 Orbit 4 Rapp & Whiting Anthology
November 1970 Nebula Award Stories 5 Gollancz Anthology 99
December 1970 Nebula Award Stories Five Doubleday Anthology 98
1971 The Cube Root of Uncertainty Collier Books Collection 1
June 1971 Moonferns and Starsongs Ballantine Books Collection 33
June 1971 Moonferns and Starsongs Ballantine Books Collection 33
January 1972 Nebula Award Stories Five Pocket Books Anthology 83
March 1972 Orbit 4 Panther Anthology 143
November 1972 Nebula Award Stories Five Pocket Books Anthology 83
December 1972 Nebula Award Stories 5 Panther Anthology 79
June 1975 Best Stories from Orbit, Volumes 1-10 Berkley/Putnam Anthology 135
February 1976 The Best of Robert Silverberg Pocket Books Collection 151
July 1976 The Best from Orbit Volumes 1-10 Berkley Medallion Anthology 148
August 1977 The Best of Robert Silverberg Sidgwick & Jackson Collection 151
June 1978 The Best of Robert Silverberg, Volume I Gregg Press Collection 151
August 1978 The Best of Robert Silverberg Orbit / Futura Collection 151
1979 Robert Silverberg Reads "To See the Invisible Man" and "Passengers" Pelican Records Collection |2
September 1980 The Best of Robert Silverberg Pocket Books Collection 151
September 1980 The Best of Robert Silverberg Pocket Books Collection 151
1981 The Science Fiction Hall of Fame Volume Four Gollancz Anthology 580
May 1981 The Arbor House Treasury of Horror and the Supernatural Priam Books / Arbor House Anthology 422
May 1981 The Arbor House Treasury of Horror and the Supernatural Arbor House Anthology 422
November 1981 The Science Fiction Hall of Fame Volume Four Gollancz Anthology 580
March 1982 The Science Fiction Hall of Fame, Volume III Avon Anthology 580
October 1982 The Science Fiction Hall of Fame, Volume III Avon / SFBC Anthology 536
May 1984 Kindred Spirits: An Anthology of Gay and Lesbian Science Fiction Alyson Anthology 175
1985 Great Tales of Horror & the Supernatural Galahad Books Anthology 422
1985 Great Tales of Horror & the Supernatural Castle Books Anthology 422
August 1986 The Best of Robert Silverberg Baen Books Collection 162
August 1986 Kindred Spirits: An Anthology of Gay and Lesbian Science Fiction Alyson Anthology 175
August 1986 The Best of Robert Silverberg Baen Books Collection 162
June 1988 Great Tales of Horror & the Supernatural Galahad Books Anthology 422
July 1988 Monsters Signet / New American Library Anthology 12
April 1989 The Best of the Nebulas Tor Anthology 152
April 1989 The Best of the Nebulas Tor Anthology 152
July 1989 Monsters Robinson Anthology 12
November 1990 The Best of the Nebulas Robert Hale Anthology 132
October 1991 Classic Tales of Horror and the Supernatural Quill / William Morrow Anthology 422
November 1991 The Giant Book of Horror Stories Magpie Books Anthology 422
September 1992 Foundations of Fear Tor Anthology 145
October 1992 Foundations of Fear Tor / BOMC Anthology 145
July 1993 Foundations of Fear Tor / QPBC Anthology 145
October 1993 The Ultimate Zombie Dell Anthology 62
1994 Great Tales of Horror & the Supernatural Galahad Books Anthology 422
June 1994 Shadows of Fear Tor Horror Anthology 299
July 1997 Ringing the Changes Voyager / HarperCollins Collection 103
November 2001 Masterpieces: The Best Science Fiction of the Century Ace Books Anthology 166
December 2001 Masterpieces: The Best Science Fiction of the Century Ace Books / SFBC Anthology 166
March 2004 Masterpieces: The Best Science Fiction of the Twentieth Century Ace Books Anthology 166
August 2004 Phases of the Moon Subterranean Press Collection 113
August 2004 Phases of the Moon Subterranean Press Collection 113
October 2004 Phases of the Moon ibooks Collection 113
November 2004 Phases of the Moon ibooks Collection
April 2006 The Ultimate Undead ibooks Anthology |62
June 2007 To the Dark Star: 1962-69 Subterranean Press Collection 153
June 2007 To the Dark Star: 1962-69 Subterranean Press Collection
August 2010 The Wesleyan Anthology of Science Fiction Wesleyan University Press Anthology 430
August 2010 The Wesleyan Anthology of Science Fiction Wesleyan University Press Anthology 430
October 2010 Masters of Horror & the Supernatural: The Great Tales Bristol Park Books Anthology
January 2011 To the Dark Star: 1962-69 Subterranean Press Collection |10
June 2011 Sense of Wonder: A Century of Science Fiction Wildside Press Anthology |234
September 2011 To the Dark Star Gateway / Orion Collection
December 2011 Sense of Wonder: A Century of Science Fiction Wildside Press Anthology |234
April 2012 To the Dark Star: 1962-69 Subterranean Press Collection
November 2012 Beyond the Beyond Wonder Publishing Group Collection
November 2012 Escape Pod, EP369 Escape Artists, Inc. MAGAZINE
November 2012 Beyond the Beyond Wonder Publishing Group Collection 9
December 2012 The Best of Robert Silverberg: Stories of Six Decades Subterranean Press Collection 117
August 2013 The Ultimate Undead ibooks Anthology
February 2015 Phases of the Moon Gateway / Orion Collection
October 2017 First-Person Singularities Three Rooms Press Collection 243
October 2017 First-Person Singularities Three Rooms Press Collection