Radiant Doors

"Radiant Doors"
Author	Michael Swanwick
Language	English
Genre(s)	science fiction short story
Published in	Asimov's Science Fiction
Publication type	Magazine
Publication date	September 1998

"Radiant Doors" is a science fiction short story published in 1998 by Michael Swanwick. It was the winner of the 1999 Asimov’s Reader Poll, and was nominated for the 1999 Hugo Award for Best Short Story as well as the 2000 Nebula Award for Best Short Story.^[1]

Plot summary

The story follows Virginia, a woman who works for an aid organization helping millions of refugees from a future Earth. The refugees have traveled to the present through time portals called "radiant doors," and are fleeing the horrors of the future leaders of Earth - the Owners. One of the refugees gives Virginia a small, humming, multi-colored device from the future, which she does not turn over to the government. Eventually several people come looking for the device and its true purpose is revealed.

Footnotes

↑ The LOCUS Index to SF Awards

External links

Radiant Doors title listing at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database

Works by Michael Swanwick

Novels	In the Drift (1984) Vacuum Flowers (1987) Stations of the Tide (1991) The Iron Dragon's Daughter (1993) Jack Faust (1997) Bones of the Earth (2002) The Dragons of Babel (2008) Dancing With Bears (2011) Chasing the Phoenix (2015)

Short stories	Dogfight (1985) The Dead (1996) The Very Pulse of the Machine (1998) Radiant Doors (1999) Ancient Engines (1999) Scherzo with Tyrannosaur (1999) The Dog Said Bow-Wow (2001) Slow Life (2002) 'Hello,' Said the Stick (2002) Legions in Time (2003)

Short story collections	Gravity's Angels (1991) A Geography of Unknown Lands (1997) Moon Dogs (2000) Puck Aleshire's Abecedary (2000) The Periodic Table of Science Fiction (2005)

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