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Prime Time

Norman Spinrad

First published November 1980
Type Short Fiction
Length Short Story

Synopsis

People can buy 200 years of virtual reality, reliving old favourite moments from their lives or experiencing new content created by experts. This husband and wife almost never see each other anymore, because their tastes are very different. She will never get tired of their honeymoon, and he craves new stuff every time.

Awards

YearAwardCategoryStatus
1981 Locus Poll Award Best Short Story Nominee/Finalist

Publications (7)

Date Publication Publisher Type Page
November 1980 Omni, November 1980 Omni Publications International Ltd. MAGAZINE 89
May 1981 The 1981 Annual World's Best SF DAW Books Anthology 115
May 1981 The 1981 Annual World's Best SF DAW Books / New American Library of Canada Anthology 115
August 1981 The 1981 Annual World's Best SF DAW Books / SFBC Anthology 105
1983 The Best of Omni Science Fiction No. 5 Omni Publications International Ltd. Anthology 125
April 1987 The Fifth Omni Book of Science Fiction Zebra Books / Kensington Publishing Corp. Anthology 179
September 2023 Black Cat Weekly, #106 Wildside Press MAGAZINE