Remembering Siri

Overview:

• Title: Remembering Siri
• Author: Dan Simmons
• Year: 1983
• Type: Short Fiction

Synopsis:

A novella which appears nearly verbatim in Hyperion as "The Consul's Tale". A Hegemony spinship ferries construction workers to and from Maui-Covenant, where a new farcaster portal is being constructed in orbit. A member of the ship's crew falls in love with Siri, an inhabitant of Maui-Covenant, and upon each return to the planet finds her aging and maturing dramatically due to the time-debt associated with each flight.

Awards:

• 1984. Remembering Siri Locus Poll, Best Novelette (Nomination)

Editions/Publications:

• 1983. Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine, Dec 1983 (1983, Shawna McCarthy, $1.75, Magazine)
• 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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