Title: Two Minutes Forty-Five Seconds

Title: Two Minutes Forty-Five Seconds Title Record # 40751
Author: Dan Simmons
Date: 1988-04-00
Type: SHORTFICTION
Length: short story
Language: English

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.

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Translations

Year	Language	Title
1995^ⓘTranslated by <a href="http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/se.cgi?arg=Joachim%20K%F6rber&type=Name&mode=exact">Joachim Körber</a>	German	Zwei Minuten fünfundvierzig Sekunden
1996^ⓘ<ul><li>Translated by Goran Skrobonja </ul>	Serbian	Dva minuta i četrdeset pet sekundi^?Dva minuta i cetrdeset pet sekundi [as by Den Simons]
1997^ⓘTranslated by Jean-Daniel Brèque	French	Deux minutes quarante-cinq secondes
2019^ⓘTranslated by Friedrich Sommersberg	German	Zwei Minuten fünfundvierzig Sekunden

Publications

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Title	Date	Author/Editor	Publisher/Pub. Series	ISBN/Catalog ID	Price	Pages	Format	Type	Cover Artist
Omni, April 1988	1988-04-00	ed. Patrice Adcroft, Ellen Datlow	Omni Publications International Ltd.	0149-8711	$3.50^?$: US dollar	124	bedsheet^?8.5" by 11.25" magazines, e.g. early issues of Amazing; or the 1942-43 issues of Astounding.	mag	Motohisa Ieda
The Year's Best Fantasy: Second Annual Collection	1989-06-00	ed. Ellen Datlow, Terri Windling	St. Martin's Press	0-312-03007-X	$13.95^?$: US dollar	lvii+ 579	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	Thomas Canty
The Year's Best Fantasy: Second Annual Collection	1989-06-00	ed. Ellen Datlow, Terri Windling	St. Martin's Press	0-312-03006-1	$24.95^?$: US dollar	lvii+ 579	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	anth	Thomas Canty
Demons and Dreams: The Best Fantasy and Horror 2	1990-02-00	ed. Ellen Datlow, Terri Windling	Legend	0-09-972360-3	£7.99^?£: UK pound	vii+ 579	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	Tom Canty
Demons and Dreams: The Best Fantasy and Horror 2	1990-02-00	ed. Ellen Datlow, Terri Windling	Legend	0-7126-3639-0	£13.95^?£: UK pound	579	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	anth	Tom Canty
Prayers to Broken Stones	1991-01-00	Dan Simmons	Dark Harvest	0-913165-58-1	$21.95^?$: US dollar	viii+ 322+ [7]	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	coll	Ron Lindahn , Val Lakey Lindahn
Prayers to Broken Stones	1991-01-00	Dan Simmons	Dark Harvest	0-913165-58-1	$55.00^?$: US dollar	viii+ 322+ [7]	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	coll	Ron Lindahn , Val Lakey Lindahn
Prayers to Broken Stones	1992-02-00	Dan Simmons	Headline	0-7472-7935-7	£8.99^?£: UK pound	311	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	Steve Crisp
Prayers to Broken Stones	1992-02-00	Dan Simmons	Headline	0-7472-0499-3	£15.99^?£: UK pound	311	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	coll	Steve Crisp
Prayers to Broken Stones	1992-05-00	Dan Simmons	Bantam Spectra (Spectra Special Editions)	0-553-29665-5	$5.99^?$: US dollar	403	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	Gary Ruddell
Prayers to Broken Stones	1992-11-00	Dan Simmons	Headline	0-7472-3816-2	£5.99^?£: UK pound	469	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	Steve Crisp
Styx	1995-00-00	Dan Simmons	Heyne (Heyne Allgemeine Reihe #9779)	3-453-09305-4	DM 12.90^?DM: German (Deutsche) mark	474	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	Ron Lindahn , Val Lakey Lindahn
Polarisova SF antologija '97.	1997-00-00	ed. Zoran Živković^?Zoran Zivkovic	Polaris Beograd (SF biblioteka Polaris)			240	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	Chris Foss
Le styx coule à l'envers	1997-03-00	Dan Simmons	Denoël^?Denoel ( Présences^?Presences )	2-207-24498-9	F130.00^?F: French frank	360	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	Arnold Bocklim
Prayers to Broken Stones	1997-10-00	Dan Simmons	Bantam Spectra	0-553-76252-4		403	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	Gary Ruddell
Le styx coule à l'envers	2000-02-00	Dan Simmons	Denoël^?Denoel ( Présence du Futur^?Presence du Futur #622)	2-207-25089-X		360	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	Guillaume Sorel
Le styx coule à l'envers	2002-04-00	Dan Simmons	Denoël^?Denoel (Folio SF #99)	2-07-042348-4		360	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	Eikasia
Darkness: Two Decades of Modern Horror	2010-03-00	ed. Ellen Datlow	Tachyon Publications	978-1-892391-95-7	$15.95^?$: US dollar	470	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	Ann Monn
Le Styx coule à l'envers^?Le Styx coule a l'envers	2012-10-18	Dan Simmons	Denoël^?Denoel (Folio SF #99)	978-2-07-042348-4		360	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	Eikasia
Flight or Fright	2018-09-04	ed. Stephen King, Bev Vincent	Cemetery Dance Publications	978-1-58767-679-6	$27.95^?$: US dollar	332	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	anth	François Vaillancourt
Flight or Fright	2018-09-04	ed. Stephen King, Bev Vincent	Cemetery Dance Publications	978-1-58767-680-2	$9.99^?$: US dollar		ebook^?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.	anth	François Vaillancourt
Flight or Fright	2018-09-04	ed. Stephen King, Bev Vincent	Hodder & Stoughton	978-1-4736-9156-8	£20.00^?£: UK pound	332	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	anth
Flight or Fright	2019-06-04	ed. Stephen King, Bev Vincent	Hodder Paperbacks	978-1-4736-9158-2	£7.99^?£: UK pound	336	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
Flight or Fright	2019-06-04	ed. Stephen King, Bev Vincent	Scribner	978-1-982109-00-4	$17.00^?$: US dollar	331	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	David Litman
Flug und Angst	2019-07-00	ed. Stephen King, Bev Vincent	Heyne	978-3-453-43980-1	€10.99^?€: Euro	447	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	Hauptmann & Kompanie Werbeagentur
Flight or Fright	2019-07-24	ed. Stephen King, Bev Vincent	Thorndike Press	978-1-4328-6666-2	$35.99^?$: US dollar		hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	anth
Prayers to Broken Stones	date unknown	Dan Simmons	Bantam Spectra (Spectra Special Editions)	0-553-29665-5	$5.99^?$: US dollar	403	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	Gary Ruddell
Prayers to Broken Stones	date unknown	Dan Simmons	Bantam Spectra (Spectra Special Editions)	0-553-29665-5	$5.99^?$: US dollar	403+ [14]	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	Gary Ruddell

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