In the Western Tradition

Alison is a time viewer technician supervising research into the Old West, who becomes fixated on one of the long-dead subjects of the project's surveillance.

"In the Western Tradition" was a finalist for the 1982 Hugo Award for Best Novella,^[1] and for the Nebula Award for Best Novella of 1981.^[2]

James Nicoll considered it to be a "gem".^[3] Steven H. Silver, however, found the story to be "a little on the long side", and faulted it for not adequately resolving issues surrounding Alison's romance with her coworker Barry.^[4]