Two Minutes Forty-Five Seconds

Overview:

• Title: Two Minutes Forty-Five Seconds
• Author: Dan Simmons
• Year: 1988
• Type: Short Fiction

Synopsis:

A chilling story of corporate greed and irresponsibility. The title is taken from the free-fall experienced by the probably still-living crew of the exploded space shuttle Challenger, until impacting with the ocean 2:45 minutes later.

Editions/Publications:

• 1988. Omni (1988, Patrice Adcroft Omni Publications International Ltd., Catalog ID: #0149-8711, $3.50, 122 pages, Magazine)
• 1989. The Year's Best Fantasy and Horror: Second Annual Collection (1989, Ellen Datlow, Terri Windling St. Martin's, ISBN-10: 0312030061, 579 pages, Hardcover, Anthology)
• 1989. The Year's Best Fantasy and Horror, Second Annual Collection (1989, Ellen Datlow, Terri Windling St. Martin's, ISBN-10: 031203007X, $13.95, 579 pages, Trade, Anthology)
• 1991. Prayers to Broken Stones (January 1991, Dan Simmons Dark Harvest, ISBN-10: 0913165581, $21.95, viii+322 pages, Hardcover, Collection)
• 1992. Prayers to Broken Stones (May 1992, Dan Simmons Bantam Spectra, ISBN-10: 0553296655, $5.99, 403 pages, Paperback, Collection)

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