Beauty in the Night
| First published | September 1997 |
|---|---|
| Type | Short Fiction |
| Length | Novelette |
Notes
Silverberg states in The Best of Robert Silverberg: Stories of Six Decades that he used three prior stories, renaming the characters, as the basis for the The Alien Years (1998): "Against Babylon" (1986) - almost entirely as opening chapters; "Hannibal's Elephants" (1988) - small piece in one of the early sequences; and "The Pardoner's Tale" (1987) - nearly all in later part of book. He also states that he later carved out three new stories from the novel: "Beauty in the Night" (1997), "On the Inside" (1998), and "The Colonel in Autumn" (1998).
Awards
| Year | Award | Category | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1998 | Locus Poll Award | Best Novelette | Nominee/Finalist |
Publications (22)
| Date | Publication | Publisher | Type | Page |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 1997 | Science Fiction Age, September 1997 | Sovereign Media Co. | MAGAZINE | 66 |
| June 1998 | The Year's Best Science Fiction: Fifteenth Annual Collection | St. Martin's Griffin | Anthology | 1 |
| June 1998 | The Year's Best Science Fiction: Fifteenth Annual Collection | St. Martin's Press | Anthology | 1 |
| June 1998 | Year's Best SF 3 | HarperPrism | Anthology | 151 |
| June 1998 | Year's Best SF 3 | HarperPrism | Anthology | 151 |
| July 1998 | Year's Best SF 3 | HarperPrism / SFBC | Anthology | 151 |
| August 1998 | The Year's Best Science Fiction: Fifteenth Annual Collection | St. Martin's Press / SFBC | Anthology | 1 |
| October 1998 | The Mammoth Book of Best New Science Fiction: 11th Annual Collection | Robinson | Anthology | 1|3 |
| August 2004 | Phases of the Moon | Subterranean Press | Collection | 505 |
| August 2004 | Phases of the Moon | Subterranean Press | Collection | 505 |
| October 2004 | Phases of the Moon | ibooks | Collection | 505 |
| November 2004 | Phases of the Moon | ibooks | Collection | |
| March 2009 | Year's Best SF 3 | HarperCollins e-books | Anthology | |
| March 2011 | Dangerous Dimensions | Wonder Publishing Group | Collection | |5 |
| June 2011 | Dangerous Dimensions | Wonder Publishing Group | Collection | |
| December 2012 | The Best of Robert Silverberg: Stories of Six Decades | Subterranean Press | Collection | 535 |
| 2013 | The Year's Best Science Fiction: Fifteenth Annual Collection | St. Martin's Griffin | Anthology | 1 |
| August 2014 | The Millennium Express: 1995-2009 | Subterranean Press | Collection | |43 |
| August 2014 | The Millennium Express: 1995-2009 | Subterranean Press | Collection | 43 |
| November 2014 | The Millenium Express | Gateway / Orion | Collection | |43 |
| February 2015 | Phases of the Moon | Gateway / Orion | Collection | |
| June 2015 | The Millennium Express: 1995-2009 | Subterranean Press | Collection | 43 |