Almost Forever

by William Barton

An old man, come to the end of a long life, yet afraid to die, goes into suspended animation, hoping to awaken in a future where he will be young again. The future in which he finds himself is nothing like the high-tech world he imagined. Instead, it is an almost empty world, mysterious and utterly enchanting, a world in which he must, somehow, make a place for himself. Almost Forever is the story of the last man in the universe, alone and frightened, unable to understand what has happened to him, to the Earth, to a world in which even the stars are strange and new. There are no people here, but there are beings from whom he can learn what it means to be alive again.

83 pages, Kindle Edition

First published October 1, 1993

About the author

William Renald Barton III (born September 28, 1950) is an American science fiction writer. In addition to his standalone novels, he is also known for collaborations with Michael Capobianco. Many of their novels deal with themes such as the Cold War, space travel, and space opera.

Barton also has written short stories that put an emphasis on sexuality and human morality in otherwise traditional science fiction. His short fiction has appeared in Asimov's and Sci Fiction, and has been nominated for the Hugo Award, the Theodore Sturgeon Award, the Sidewise Award, and the HOMer Award, and three of his novels (The Transmigration of Souls, Acts of Conscience, and When We Were Real) have been nominated for the Philip K. Dick Award.

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