10^16 to 1

March 2025 1016 to 1 James Patrick Kelly United States English Science fiction Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine Magazine June 1999 "1016 to 1" is a science fiction novelette by American writer James Patrick Kelly, first published in 1999. It was the winner of the 2000 Hugo Award for Best Novelette and was also nominated for the 2000 Locus award and Asimov's Reader Poll.http://www.locusmag.com/SFAwards/Db/NomLit69.html#2781-1999 The LOCUS Index to SF Awards 2008-03-04 https://web.archive.org/web/20081007161435/http://www.locusmag.com/SFAwards/Db/NomLit69.html#2781-1999#2781-1999 2008-10-07 dead Plot summary The story follows Ray Beaumont, a 12-year-old boy living in New York during the Cuban Missile Crisis of October 1962. During the Cold War tensions of the time, Ray meets Cross, a man he believes is from the future. He offers Cross a temporary place to stay in his family's back yard bomb shelter and proceeds to acquire the items necessary for Cross's mission. When he does not tell his parents about Cross, and comes home one afternoon to find that his mother has discovered an intruder in the bomb shelter, events quickly spiral out of control and Ray becomes convinced that he is the only one able to understand the truth about World War III. References External links 1077019 https://clarkesworldmagazine.com/kelly_12_13_reprint/ | The story at Clarkesworld (12/2013 Reprint) {{DISPLAYTITLE:10^16 to 1}} Category:1999 short stories Category:1999 English-language short stories Category:Short stories by James Patrick Kelly Category:Hugo Award for Best Novelette–winning works Category:Works originally published in Asimov's Science Fiction