Baxter, Stephen. "Moon Six"
Summary: During a moonwalk, an astronaut finds himself being flicked across timelines and discovers it is because of one timeline's flawed attempts to evacuate its moonbases by matter transporter before a meteorite strike.
Published: In Science Fiction Age, March 1997; The Year's Best Science Fiction: Fifteenth Annual Collection (ed. Gardner Dozois), St. Martin's 1998 (0312187793BUY, 0312190336BUY), v.t. The Mammoth Book of Best New SF 11, Robinson 1998 (185487599X); and Other Worlds Than These (ed. John Joseph Adams), Night Shade 2012 (1597804339BUY).
Published: On-line at infinity plus, April 1998.
Original in: English.
Translation: French by Alessandro Arturo as "Lune Six", in Phénix #56 (2001) (2910370186).
Awards: Nominee: 1998 Hugo for best novelette.
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