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Title: Cassandra Title Record # 49957
Author: C. J. Cherryh
Date: 1978-10-00
Type: SHORTFICTION
Length: short story
Webpages: starshipsofa.com, Wikipedia-EN
Language: English
Note: The Collected Short Fiction of C. J. Cherryh dates this as 1976 which is probably an error.

Synopsis: A woman living in a war-torn city sees the future superimposed over the present wherever she looks.
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Other Titles

Translations
Year Language Title
1979ⓘTranslated by Gunnar Gällmo First published in JVM #376, 1979
 Swedish Kassandra
1980ⓘTranslated by Marcel Bieger
 German Kassandra
1980ⓘTranslated by Daniel Lemoine
 French Cassandre
1981ⓘTranslated by Brigitte Ariel
 French Cassandra
1982ⓘTranslated by Annemarie Kindt
 Dutch Cassandra
1983 Polish Kasandra [as by Caroline Janice Cherryh]
1984ⓘTranslated by Roberta Rambelli.
 Italian Cassandra [as by Carolyn Janice Cherryh]
1984ⓘ
  • Translated by Boban Knežević & Aleksandar B. Nedeljković & Miodrag Milovanović
Serbian Kasandra [as by
K. Dž. Čeri?K. Dz. Ceri
K. Dzh. Cheri
]
1986ⓘTranslated by Ion Doru Brana
 Romanian Casandra

Awards

Place Year and Award Category
1 1979 Hugo Best Short Story
Nomination 1979 Nebula Short Story
6 1979 Locus Best Short Story

Publications

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Title Date Author/Editor Publisher/Pub. Series ISBN/Catalog ID Price Pages Format Type Cover Artist Verif
The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, October 1978 1978-10-00 ed. Edward L. Ferman Mercury Press, Inc.  
$1.25?$: US dollar
 164
digest?Digest-size magazine, including both standard digest size, at about 7" by 4.5", and also large digest, such as recent issues of Asimov's, which are about 8.25" by 5.125".
 mag David Hardy Checkmark
The 1979 Annual World's Best SF 1979-05-00 ed. Arthur W. Saha, Donald A. Wollheim DAW Books / New American Library of Canada 0-87997-459-1 / UE1459
C$2.25?C$: Canadian dollar
 268
pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.
 anth Jack Gaughan Checkmark
The 1979 Annual World's Best SF 1979-05-00 ed. Arthur W. Saha, Donald A. Wollheim DAW Books (DAW Collectors #337) 0-87997-459-1 / UE1459
$2.25?$: US dollar
 268
pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.
 anth Jack Gaughan Checkmark
Det hände i morgon 12?Det hande i morgon 12
 1980-00-00 ed. Sam J. Lundwall Delta (Stockholm) (Delta Science Fiction #108) 91-7228-231-2
skr 69.00?skr: Swedish krona (crown)
 313
unknown?The publication record was created from a secondary source and the publication format is unknown.
 anth Paul Lehr  
Science Fiction Story Reader 13 1980-01-00 ed. Wolfgang Jeschke Heyne (Heyne Science Fiction & Fantasy #3685) 3-453-30605-8
DM 5.80?DM: German (Deutsche) mark
 319
pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.
 anth Hans-Werner Sahm Checkmark
Fiction, #308 1980-05-00 ed.
Alain Dorémieux?Alain Doremieux
 OPTA  
F15.00?F: French frank
 196
digest?Digest-size magazine, including both standard digest size, at about 7" by 4.5", and also large digest, such as recent issues of Asimov's, which are about 8.25" by 5.125".
 mag José Corréa  
Nebula Winners Fourteen 1980-08-00 ed. Frederik Pohl Harper & Row 0-06-013382-1
$11.95?$: US dollar
 xi+
259
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
 anth Robin Malkin Checkmark
Univers 1980 1980-08-08 ed. Jacques Sadoul J'ai Lu (J'ai Lu - Science Fiction #1093) 2-277-21093-5   381
pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.
 anth Boris Vallejo Checkmark
Nebula Winners Fourteen 1981-04-00 ed. Frederik Pohl W. H. Allen 0-491-02754-0
£6.95?£: UK pound
 ix+
259
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
 anth  
Anthologie de la littérature de Science-Fiction 1981-10-06 ed. Jacques Sadoul Editions Ramsay 2-85956-231-1   670
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
 anth Tibor Csernus  
Nebula Winners Fourteen 1982-03-00 ed. Frederik Pohl Star 0-352-31047-2
£1.75?£: UK pound
 xi+
259
pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.
 anth Bruce Pennington Checkmark
Orbit, Nr.18 Lente 1982 1982-03-26 ed. Kees van Toorn Kees van Toorn  
ƒ6,25?ƒ: Dutch guilder
 48
A4?21 cm by 29.7 cm or 8.3" by 11.7" magazine, used by some UK and European magazines
 mag David A. Hardy Checkmark
Nebula Winners Fourteen 1982-07-00 ed. Frederik Pohl Bantam Books 0-553-20931-0
$2.95?$: US dollar
 x+
221
pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.
 anth Gary LaSasso Checkmark
Fantastyka 3(6) marzec 1983 1983-03-00 ed. Adam Hollanek
Krajowe Wydawnictwo Czasopism "Prasa-Książka-Ruch"?Krajowe Wydawnictwo Czasopism "Prasa-Ksiazka-Ruch"
  
zł 50.00?zł: Polish zloty
 66
A4?21 cm by 29.7 cm or 8.3" by 11.7" magazine, used by some UK and European magazines
 mag Janusz Giniewski Checkmark
I Premi Hugo: 1976-1983 1984-00-00 ed. Sandro Pergameno Editrice Nord (Grandi Opere Nord #10) 88-429-0699-9   xii+
753+
[3]
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
 anth David Hardy Checkmark
Monolit, Science Fiction almanah 1984-04-00 ed.
Boban Knežević?Boban Knezevic
 Izdanje prevodilaca, Monolit (Monolit #1)     510
tp?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.
 anth
Dobrosav-Bob Živković?Dobrosav-Bob Zivkovic
Dobrosav-Bob Zhivkovich
 Checkmark
Wollheim's World's Best SF: Series Eight 1984-12-00 ed. Arthur W. Saha, Donald A. Wollheim DAW Books 0-87997-984-4
$2.95?$: US dollar
 268
pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.
 anth Oliviero Berni  
Science Fiction Jubiläums Band: 25 Jahre Heyne Science Fiction & Fantasy, 1960-1985 1985-01-00 ed. Wolfgang Jeschke Heyne (Heyne Science Fiction & Fantasy #4000) 3-453-31112-4
DM 12.80?DM: German (Deutsche) mark
 796
pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.
 anth Colin Hay Checkmark
The Hugo Winners: Volume 4 1985-04-12 ed. Isaac Asimov Doubleday 0-385-18934-6
$18.95?$: US dollar
 xiv+
561
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
 anth Kiyoshi Kanai Checkmark
Almanah România Literară 1987?Almanah Romania Literara 1987
 1986-00-00 ed. Lucian Hanu, Doina Rodina
România literară?Romania literara
  
Lei 30?Lei: Romanian leu
 320
tp?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.
 anth Tudor Jebeleanu  
Visible Light 1986-01-00 C. J. Cherryh Phantasia Press 0-932096-40-9
$17.00?$: US dollar
 230
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
 coll David A. Cherry Checkmark
Visible Light 1986-01-00 C. J. Cherryh Phantasia Press 0-932096-40-9
$40.00?$: US dollar
 230
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
 coll David A. Cherry  
Visible Light 1986-05-00 C. J. Cherryh DAW Books 0-88677-129-3 / UE2129
C$4.50?C$: Canadian dollar
 348
pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.
 coll David A. Cherry Checkmark
Visible Light 1986-05-00 C. J. Cherryh DAW Books (DAW Collectors #672) 0-88677-129-3 / UE2129
$3.50?$: US dollar
 348
pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.
 coll David A. Cherry Checkmark
The Hugo Winners, Volume 4: 1976-1979 1986-10-00 ed. Isaac Asimov Doubleday / SFBC 05647
$6.98?$: US dollar
 xiii+
495
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
 anth Kiyoshi Kanai Checkmark
Cosmos XXI: întîmplări dintr-un univers al păcii?Cosmos XXI: intimplari dintr-un univers al pacii
 1987-00-00 ed. Alexandru Mironov, George Veniamin
Editura Politică?Editura Politica
     256
unknown?The publication record was created from a secondary source and the publication format is unknown.
 anth
Constantin Nițulescu?Constantin Nitulescu
Constantin Nitsulescu
  
Monolit, Science Fiction almanah 1987-00-00 ed.
Boban Knežević?Boban Knezevic
 Izdanje prevodilaca, Monolit (Monolit #1)     510
tp?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.
 anth
Dobrosav Bob Živković?Dobrosav Bob Zivkovic
Dobrosav Bob Zhivkovic
 Checkmark
The Dark Void 1987-06-00 ed. Isaac Asimov Severn House 0-7278-1424-9
£9.95?£: UK pound
 239
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
 anth Checkmark
Visible Light 1988-02-00 C. J. Cherryh Methuen 0-413-16120-X
£2.95?£: UK pound
 348
pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.
 coll Checkmark
The SF Collection 1994-08-00 ed. Edel Brosnan Chancellor Press 1-85152-317-0
£4.99?£: UK pound
 501
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
 anth Luis Royo Checkmark
Women of Wonder, the Contemporary Years: Science Fiction by Women from the 1970s to the 1990s 1995-07-00 ed. Pamela Sargent Harvest / Harcourt Brace 0-15-600033-4
$15.00?$: US dollar
 vi+
420
tp?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.
 anth Cliff Nielsen Checkmark
The Unexplained: Stories of the Paranormal 1998-04-00 ed. Ric Alexander Orion 0-7528-1004-9
£17.99?£: UK pound
 433
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
 anth  
The Unexplained: Stories of the Paranormal 1998-04-00 ed. Ric Alexander Orion 0-7528-1005-7
£10.99?£: UK pound
 433
tp?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.
 anth  
The Unexplained: Stories of the Paranormal 1999-05-00 ed. Ric Alexander Millennium / Orion 1-85798-553-2
£6.99?£: UK pound
 493
pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.
 anth  
Une histoire de la science-fiction - 3: 1958-1981: L'expansion 2000-10-00 ed. Jacques Sadoul Librio (Librio #404) 2-290-30741-6
F10.00?F: French frank
 126
tp?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.
 anth Bernard Bitler  
The Collected Short Fiction of C. J. Cherryh 2004-02-00 C. J. Cherryh DAW Books (DAW Collectors #1283) 0-7564-0217-4
$23.95?$: US dollar
 xi+
642
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
 coll Michael Whelan Checkmark
The Collected Short Fiction of C. J. Cherryh 2005-02-00 C. J. Cherryh DAW Books (DAW Collectors #1283) 0-7564-0256-5
$15.95?$: US dollar
 xi+
642
tp?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.
 coll Michael Whelan Checkmark
The Collected Short Fiction of C.J. Cherryh 2008-10-00 C. J. Cherryh DAW Books 978-0-7564-0526-7
$8.99?$: US dollar
 ix+
726
pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.
 coll Michael Whelan Checkmark
The Collected Short Fiction of C. J. Cherryh 2008-10-07 C. J. Cherryh DAW Books  
$16.99?$: US dollar
  
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.
 coll Michael Whelan  
Science Fiction: Stories and Contexts 2008-12-19 ed. Heather Masri Bedford Books of St. Martin's Press 978-0-312-45015-1
$170.39?$: US dollar
 xix+
1242
tp?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.
 anth
René Magritte?Rene Magritte
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The Last Man Anthology: Tales of Catastrophe, Disaster, and Woe 2010-10-26 ed. Hunter Liguore Sword & Saga Press 978-0-615-38505-1
$15.95?$: US dollar
 267
tp?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.
 anth Alexandra Wolfe  
StarShipSofa, No 307 2013-10-02 ed. Tony C. Smith District of Wonders  
$0.00?$: US dollar
  
digital audio download?Digital recording in any format that is downloaded directly from the Internet. This category includes podcasts.
 mag Checkmark
Galaxy's Edge, Issue 7, March 2014 2014-03-00 ed. Mike Resnick Arc Manor/Phoenix Pick 978-1-61242-187-2
$3.99?$: US dollar
  
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.
 mag Checkmark
Galaxy's Edge, Issue 7: March 2014 2014-03-00 ed. Mike Resnick Arc Manor/Phoenix Pick 978-1-61242-186-5
$5.99?$: US dollar
 120
tp?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.
 mag Checkmark
Science Fiction: Stories and Contexts 2015-00-00 ed. Heather Masri Bedford Books of St. Martin's Press 978-1-4576-7446-4
$45.00?$: US dollar
 xix+
796
tp?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.
 anth
René Magritte?Rene Magritte
  
Women of Futures Past: Classic Stories 2016-09-06 ed. Kristine Kathryn Rusch Baen 978-1-4767-8161-7
$16.00?$: US dollar
 267
tp?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.
 anth Christine Mitzuk Checkmark
The Collected Short Fiction of C. J. Cherryh 2019-06-11 C. J. Cherryh DAW Books 978-0-7564-1556-3
$22.00?$: US dollar
 736
tp?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.
 coll Michael Whelan  
The Future Is Female! More Classic Science Fiction Stories by Women, Volume Two: The 1970s 2022-09-00 ed. Lisa Yaszek The Library of America 978-1-59853-732-1
$27.95?$: US dollar
 xxxii+
492
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
 anth Karel Thole Checkmark
Wollheim's World's Best SF: Series Eight date unknown ed. Arthur W. Saha, Donald A. Wollheim DAW Books 0-87997-984-4 / UE1984
$2.95?$: US dollar
 268
pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.
 anth Oliviero Berni Checkmark
Wollheim's World's Best SF: Series Eight date unknown ed. Arthur W. Saha, Donald A. Wollheim DAW Books 0-87997-984-4 / UE1984
$2.95?$: US dollar
 268
pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.
 anth Oliviero Berni  
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