Title: The River Styx Runs Upstream

Title: The River Styx Runs Upstream Title Record # 40762
Author: Dan Simmons
Date: 1982-04-00
Type: SHORTFICTION
Length: short story
Language: English

Synopsis: The story Simmons presented at the Clarion workshop in 1981, and which later won the Twilight Zone magazine competition. Set in a society able to resurrect the dead, it relates the story of a family dealing with the mother's return after her ceremonial burial. Although living, something essential appears to be missing from the resurrected.

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Translations

Year	Language	Title
1991^ⓘTranslated by Jacques Chambon.	French	Le Styx coule à l'envers^?Le Styx coule a l'envers
1995	German	Der Styx fließt bergauf
1997^ⓘTranslated by Jean-Daniel Brèque	French	Le Styx coule à l'envers^?Le Styx coule a l'envers

Awards

Place	Year and Award	Category
26	1983 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
Rod Serling's The Twilight Zone Magazine, April 1982	1982-04-00	ed. T. E. D. Klein	TZ Publications, Inc.		$2.00^?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	104	quarto^?8.5" by 11" magazine, usually saddle-stapled, instead of side-stapled or glued	mag	Kevin Larson
Great Stories from Rod Serling's The Twilight Zone Magazine	1982-10-00	ed. T. E. D. Klein	TZ Publications, Inc.		$3.95^?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	148	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	Terrance Lindall
Night Cry: TZ Special #1	1984-00-00	ed. T. E. D. Klein	TZ Publications, Inc.		$2.95^?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	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	Rosie Mackiewicz
Prayers to Broken Stones	1991-01-00	Dan Simmons	Dark Harvest	0-913165-58-1	$21.95^?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	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. ISO code: USD	viii+ 322+ [7]	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	coll	Ron Lindahn , Val Lakey Lindahn
Territoires de l'inquiétude 3^?Territoires de l'inquietude 3	1991-08-00	ed. Alain Dorémieux^?Alain Doremieux	Denoël^?Denoel ( Présence du Fantastique^?Presence du Fantastique #22)	2-207-60022-X		284	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	Pascal Moret
Prayers to Broken Stones	1992-02-00	Dan Simmons	Headline	0-7472-7935-7	£8.99^?£: UK pound. ISO code: GBP	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. ISO code: GBP	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. ISO code: USD	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
Midnight Graffiti	1992-10-00	ed. Jessica Horsting, James Van Hise	Warner Books	0-446-36307-3	$5.99^?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	xiv+ 365	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	Martin Cannon
Prayers to Broken Stones	1992-11-00	Dan Simmons	Headline Feature	0-7472-3816-2	£5.99^?£: UK pound. ISO code: GBP	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
Midnight Graffiti	1993-02-00	ed. Jessica Horsting, James Van Hise	Warner Books / SFBC	03882	$8.98^?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	xiv+ 365	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	Martin Cannon
Styx	1995-00-00	Dan Simmons	Heyne (Heyne Allgemeine Reihe #9779)	3-453-09305-4	DM 12.90^?DM: German (Deutsche) mark. ISO code: DEM in 1948-1999	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
Angels of Darkness: Tales of Troubled and Troubling Women	1995-01-00	ed. Marvin Kaye	GuildAmerica Books / SFBC	1-56865-116-3 / 03334	$10.98^?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	xiv+ 530	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	anth	Larry Lurin
Le styx coule à l'envers	1997-03-00	Dan Simmons	Denoël^?Denoel ( Présences^?Presences )	2-207-24498-9	F130.00^?F: French frank. ISO code: FRF in 1960-1999	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
Une histoire de la science-fiction - 4: 1982-2000: Le renouveau	2000-12-00	ed. Jacques Sadoul	Librio (Librio #437)	2-290-30874-9	F10.00^?F: French frank. ISO code: FRF in 1960-1999	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
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
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
Midnight Graffiti	date unknown	ed. Jessica Horsting, James Van Hise	Warner Books	0-446-36307-3	$5.99^?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	xiv+ 365	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	Martin Cannon
Prayers to Broken Stones	date unknown	Dan Simmons	Bantam Spectra (Spectra Special Editions)	0-553-29665-5	$5.99^?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	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. ISO code: USD	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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