May Be Some Time

May Be Some Time is a science fiction novella by Brenda Clough. It was first published in Analog Science Fiction and Fact in April 2001, and subsequently republished in the Year's Best Science Fiction: Nineteenth Annual Collection (2002), in the Mammoth Book of Best New Science Fiction: 15th Annual Collection (2002), and the Fifth Science Fiction Megapack: 25 Modern and Classic Science Fiction Stories (2012); as well, it appeared as the first portion of Clough's 2008 novel Revise the World.

Lawrence "Titus" Oates wakes up in a hospital bed in the year 2045, and learns that the future which rescued him is an even more challenging environment than the Antarctic.

May Be Some Time was nominated for the 2002 Hugo Award for Best Novella and the 2002 Nebula Award for Best Novella.

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