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Going Under

Jack Dann

First published September 1981
Type Short Fiction
Length Novelette

Synopsis

Stephen meets and falls in love with Esme during the maiden voyage of Titanic. Only, it's not really the Titanic, is it? Esme is traveling with her father's head in a box and talks to him. Stephen forgets to wear period appropriate clothes. A reporter is trying to guess, who will choose to go down with the ship.

Awards

YearAwardCategoryStatus
1982 Locus Poll Award Best Novelette Nominee/Finalist
1982 Nebula Award Short Story Nominee/Finalist

Publications (15)

Date Publication Publisher Type Page
September 1981 Omni, September 1981 Omni Publications International Ltd. MAGAZINE 69
July 1982 The Best Science Fiction of the Year #11 Timescape / Pocket Books Anthology 315
November 1982 The Best Science Fiction of the Year 11 Gollancz Anthology 315
August 1983 Nebula Award Stories Seventeen Holt, Rinehart and Winston Anthology 60
July 1984 Top Science Fiction: The Authors' Choice J. M. Dent Anthology 124|124.2
1985 Top Science Fiction: The Authors' Choice J. M. Dent Anthology 124|124.2
June 1985 Nebula Award Stories 17 Ace Science Fiction Books Anthology 60
July 1991 The Legend Book of Science Fiction Legend / Century Anthology 499
January 1996 Eidolon: The Journal of Australian Science Fiction and Fantasy, Summer 1996 Eidolon Publications MAGAZINE 98
April 2001 Jubilee Voyager / HarperCollins (Australia) Collection 77
January 2003 Jubilee Tor Collection 77
February 2004 Jubilee Tor Collection 77
June 2011 Sense of Wonder: A Century of Science Fiction Wildside Press Anthology |196
December 2011 Sense of Wonder: A Century of Science Fiction Wildside Press Anthology |196
July 2022 Masters of Science Fiction: Jack Dann Centipede Press Collection 15