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Rautavaara's Case

Philip K. Dick

First published October 1980
Type Short Fiction
Length Short Story

Synopsis

When aliens partially resurrect a human who has died, they view it as an invaluable opportunity to study the differing experiences of the human and alien afterlives.

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Awards

YearAwardCategoryStatus
1980 British Science Fiction Award Best Short Fiction Nominee/Finalist
1981 Locus Poll Award Best Short Story Nominee/Finalist

Publications (33)

Date Publication Publisher Type Page
October 1980 Omni, October 1980 Omni Publications International Ltd. MAGAZINE 93
August 1982 Nebula Award Stories Sixteen Holt, Rinehart and Winston Anthology 173
1983 The Best of Omni Science Fiction No. 5 Omni Publications International Ltd. Anthology 7
1983 Nebula Winners Sixteen Star Anthology 170
1983 Nebula Winners Sixteen W. H. Allen Anthology 173
September 1983 Nebula Award Stories Sixteen Bantam Books Anthology 137
April 1985 The Third Omni Book of Science Fiction Zebra Books / Kensington Publishing Corp. Anthology 295
April 1985 The Third Omni Book of Science Fiction General Paperbacks Anthology 295
July 1985 I Hope I Shall Arrive Soon Doubleday Collection 151
February 1986 I Hope I Shall Arrive Soon Gollancz Collection 151
May 1986 I Hope I Shall Arrive Soon Gollancz Collection 151
May 1987 The Little Black Box Underwood-Miller Collection 375
May 1987 The Little Black Box Underwood-Miller Collection 375
September 1987 I Hope I Shall Arrive Soon St. Martin's Press Collection 168
February 1988 I Hope I Shall Arrive Soon Grafton / Collins (UK) Collection 185
October 1990 The Little Black Box Gollancz Collection 375
November 1991 We Can Remember It for You Wholesale Grafton Collection 471
May 1992 The Eye of the Sibyl Citadel Twilight Collection 375
1994 We Can Remember It for You Wholesale Harper Collins Collection 471
May 2000 We Can Remember It for You Wholesale Millennium / Orion Collection 375
July 2002 The Eye of the Sibyl Citadel Press Collection 375
November 2002 Selected Stories of Philip K. Dick Pantheon Books Collection 444
November 2002 Selected Stories of Philip K. Dick Pantheon Books / SFBC Collection 444
August 2012 Total Recall Gollancz / Orion Collection 375
April 2013 Selected Stories of Philip K. Dick Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Collection 439
April 2013 Selected Stories of Philip K. Dick Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Collection
October 2014 We Can Remember It for You Wholesale Subterranean Press Collection 453
October 2014 We Can Remember It for You Wholesale Subterranean Press Collection 453
December 2014 We Can Remember It for You Wholesale Gateway / Orion Collection |375
December 2015 We Can Remember It for You Wholesale Brilliance Audio Collection |453
January 2022 The Collected Stories of Philip K. Dick Collection |125
October 2023 The Collected Stories of Philip K. Dick: Volume Four Gollancz / Orion Collection |290
October 2023 The Collected Stories of Philip K. Dick: Volume Four Gollancz / Orion Collection 586