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Cassandra

C. J. Cherryh

First published October 1978
Type Short Fiction
Length Short Story

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

Wikipedia starshipsofa.com

Awards

YearAwardCategoryStatus
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