"Born with the Dead" is ascience fictionnovella byRobert Silverberg. It describes a near-future world in which the recently dead can be "rekindled" to a new life, but one in which their personalities and attitudes are radically changed; although they possess their memories from their previous lives, their former concerns no longer appear important to them. The story parallels that ofEurydice andOrpheus in the underworld.[1]
Originally published in 1974 inThe Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, "Born with the Dead" won both the 1975Nebula Award for Best Novella and the 1975Locus Award for Best Novella.[2] The story has subsequently been republished many times in collections.
Silverberg described writing it as one of his most difficult challenges.[3]
With Silverberg's permission, Damien Broderick wrote a 30,000 word sequel, "Quicken," which was published with the original as a composite novel,Beyond the Doors of Death[4] and included by editor Gardner Dozois in hisThe Year's Best Science Fiction: Thirty-First Annual Collection, 2014.
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