A Matter of Traces
| "A Matter of Traces" | |||
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| Short story by Frank Herbert | |||
Fantastic Universe, November 1958 | |||
| Country | United States | ||
| Language | English | ||
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| Published in | Fantastic Universe | ||
| Publication type | Periodical | ||
| Media type | Print (Magazine) | ||
| Publication date | 1958 | ||
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"A Matter of Traces" is a science fiction short story by American writer Frank Herbert. It was first published in November 1958 in Fantastic Universe magazine, and reprinted in 1985 in Herbert's short story collection Eye. It is the first story in Herbert's ConSentiency universe, one of his three elaborate fictional universes spanning multiple volumes (the others being the Duniverse, and the Pandora Sequence developed with co-author Bill Ransom).