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Title: Prime Time Title Record # 58113
Author: Norman Spinrad
Date: 1980-11-00
Type: SHORTFICTION
Length: short story
Language: English
Synopsis: People can buy 200 years of virtual reality, reliving old favourite moments from their lives or experiencing new content created by experts. This husband and wife almost never see each other anymore, because their tastes are very different. She will never get tired of their honeymoon, and he craves new stuff every time.
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Other Titles

Translations
Year Language Title
1982 French
Heures de grande écoute?Heures de grande ecoute
1982Translated by Ronald M. Hahn
German Der Kanal ist voll!
1983Translated by Tony Westermayr
German Beste Sendezeit
2005Translated by Lionel Davoust
French Prime time

Awards

Place Year and Award Category
11 1981 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
Omni, November 1980 1980-11-00 ed. Ben Bova, Robert Sheckley Omni Publications International Ltd. 0149-8711
$2.25?$: US dollar
148
bedsheet?8.5" by 11.25" magazines, e.g. early issues of Amazing; or the 1942-43 issues of Astounding.
mag Fred-Jurgen Rogner Checkmark
The 1981 Annual World's Best SF 1981-05-00 ed. Arthur W. Saha, Donald A. Wollheim DAW Books (DAW Collectors #432) 0-87997-617-9 / UE1617
$2.50?$: US dollar
252
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 Michael Mariano Checkmark
The 1981 Annual World's Best SF 1981-05-00 ed. Arthur W. Saha, Donald A. Wollheim DAW Books / New American Library of Canada 0-87997-617-9 / UE1617
C$2.75?C$: Canadian dollar
252
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 Michael Mariano Checkmark
The 1981 Annual World's Best SF 1981-08-00 ed. Arthur W. Saha, Donald A. Wollheim DAW Books / SFBC 5524
$3.98?$: US dollar
ix+
243
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth John Gampert Checkmark
The Best of Omni Science Fiction No. 5 1983-00-00 ed. Don Myrus Omni Publications International Ltd.  
$4.50?$: US dollar
144
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 James Christensen Checkmark
The Fifth Omni Book of Science Fiction 1987-04-00 ed. Ellen Datlow Zebra Books / Kensington Publishing Corp. 0-8217-2050-3
$3.95?$: US dollar
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 Tim White Checkmark
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