Palimpsest (novella)

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Palimpsest
Cover of first edition (hardcover)
AuthorCharles Stross
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish
GenreScience fiction novel
PublisherSubterranean Press
Publication date
August 31, 2011
Media typePrint (Hardcover & Paperback)
Pages136 pp
ISBN978-1596064218

Palimpsest is a 2009 science fiction novella by Charles Stross, exploring the conjunction of time travel and deep time. Originally published in Stross's 2009 collection Wireless, it won the 2010 Hugo Award for best novella.[1]

Subterranean Press has announced that they will be reprinting the novella separately in 2011.[2]

Inspiration

Stross has stated that Palimpsest is effectively a rewrite of The End of Eternity, by Isaac Asimov.[3]

References

  1. ^ 2010 Hugo Award Winners at TheHugoAwards.org, published September 5, 2010, retrieved May 29, 2011
  2. ^ Charles Stross --PALIMPSEST update, at Subterranean Press, posted May 11, 2011, retrieved May 28, 2011
  3. ^ "Last time I did this, I Lied", at Stross's official blog; "If you could re-write one sci-fi (or fantasy) classic, which one would you choose, and why?" "for what it's worth, I've already done it a couple of times, deliberately or accidentally. (I didn't re-read "The End of Eternity" before writing Palimpsest, for example)"; posted April 12, 2011; retrieved May 29, 2011