| "Inertia" | |
|---|---|
| Short story by Nancy Kress | |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Genre(s) | science fiction |
| Publication | |
| Published in | Analog Science Fiction and Fact |
| Media type | |
| Publication date | January 1990 |
"Inertia" is a science fiction short story written by Nancy Kress. It was first published in Analog Science Fiction and Fact, in January 1990, and was subsequently republished in The Year's Best Science Fiction: Eighth Annual Collection (1991), in Best New SF 5 (1991), in The Aliens of Earth (1993), in A Woman's Liberation: A Choice of Futures by and About Women (2001), and in Wastelands: Stories of the Apocalypse (2008). It describes life in a "disease colony"; Kress has stated that the story was inspired directly by cultural reactions to the AIDS pandemic, and that it is "less about disease than about love."[1]