Reconstructions of Albert Einstein, Pablo Picasso, Ernest Hemingway, and a 27th-century man are blowing things up at the close of the fourth millennium.
—Michael Main
Or you, Pablo: you of all people ought to prefer to have all those paintings and sculptures sink unharmed into the ground rather than having them be blown sky-high.

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  1. The Millennium Express by Robert Silverberg, Playboy, January 2000.
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Translations

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  1. French.
    Millennium Express by Robert Silverberg, in Destination 3001, edited by Jacques Chambon and Robert Silverberg (Imagine, September 2000).
    2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . written by Robert Silverberg
  2. Italian.
    Millennium Express by Robert Silverberg, in Destinazione: 31º secolo, edited by Jacques Chambon and Robert Silverberg, Urania: Supplemento #18, September 2004 [designated as a supplement to Urania’s regular issue #1490 for commercial reasons, but sold separately].
    3. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . written by Robert Silverberg
  3. Italian.
    L’espresso del millennio by Robert Silverberg, in Mille e una galassia, edited by David G. Hartwell, Urania: Supplemento #19, December 2004 [designated as a supplement to Urania’s regular issue  #1494 for commercial reasons, but sold separately ].
    4. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . written by Robert Silverberg

Indexer Notes

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  1. Italian Translations—We don’t know whether the first Italian translation (September 2004) was done from the French translation or directly from the orginal English story. Also, we don’t know whether the second Italian translation (December 2004) is a new translation or the same as the first.
  2. Length—The length may be slightly over the short story limit of 7,500 words, but we list it as a short story because it was nominated for the 2001 Locus Best Short Story award.