A Sleep and a Forgetting
- Form
- Short story
- Year
- 1989
Publication history
- (unknown): What Might Have Been, Volumes I & II, Science Fiction Book Club Hard cover book
- 1989: Playboy July 1989, Magazine
- 1990: What Might Have Been 2: Alternate Heroes, Bantam Mass market paperback, 354 pp.
- 1992: Secret Sharers (The Collected Stories of Robert Silverberg Volume 1), Bantam Trade paperback, 546 pp.
- 1992: Secret Sharers (The Collected Stories of Robert Silverberg Volume 1), Bantam Hard cover book, 546 pp.
- 1993: The Secret Sharer (The Collected Stories of Robert Silverberg Volume 2), Grafton Trade paperback, 395 pp.
- 1994: Le Nez de Cléopâtre, Denol Hard cover book, 314 pp., in French as Le sommeil et l'oubli
- 2000: Fictionwise, Fictionwise On-line
- 2000: Le Nez de Cléopâtre, Denol Mass market paperback, 320 pp., in French as Le Sommeil et l'oubli
- 2001: Le Nez de Cléopâtre, Gallimard Mass market paperback, 343 pp., in French as Le Sommeil et l'oubli
Blurb
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Comments
This story was written for the second volume of the What Might Have Been alternate history collections, and deals with Genghis Khan. A scientist has invented a device which seems to make mental contact with people from the past. He calls in a friend of his, who is an expert on the old Mongol language, to try to make sense of their latest contact. The man comes to the startling conclusion that he is communicating with Ganghis Khan, but a very different Khan than the one in our history.
This story was adapted by The Hollywood Theatre of the Ear for the 2000 X radio show, featuring the voices of Rosemary Alexander, René Auberjonois, Rodertson Dean, Kaitlin Hopkins, and Allan Miller. The adaptation was done by Michael Cassutt. It is available in this form for purchase from Audible.com.
Other resources
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