Originally published online in Salon, November 10, 2003.

• Reprinted in The Year's Best Science Fiction: 21st Annual Collection, edited by Gardner Dozois, St. Martin's Griffin, New York, NY, July 2004.
• Reprinted in Hungarian as "A végső fájdalomcsillapító " in Galaktika, 10 March 2006.

Originally published in Science Fiction Age, September 1998.

• Reprinted online in Infinity Plus, February 2001.
• 1999 Nebula Award preliminary ballot (for best short story)
• Honorable mention, The Year's Best Science Fiction: 16th Annual Collection, edited by Gardner Dozois
• 1998 Recommended Reading List, Locus
• Reprinted in Hungarian as "A csillagközi adatveszteség gyakorlati esetei" in MetaGalaktika v9.5, 2007.