"Distant Replay" is a magic realism/slipstream short story by American writer Mike Resnick, originally published in the April 2007 issue of the Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine. It was nominated for the 2008 Hugo Award for Best Short Story.[1]

"Distant Replay"
Short story by Mike Resnick
LanguageEnglish
Genre(s)Magic realism-slipstream
Publication
Published inIsaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine
Publication typeMagazine
Publication dateApril/May 2007

Plot summary

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The story follows Walter Silverman, a man who sees a young woman that looks exactly like his deceased wife. As he gets to know her he discovers that she has too many things in common for this to be a coincidence. He then comes up with a plan to help out her love life and manages to find his own Avatar for her to meet.

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