"Fields of Gold" is a 2011 fantasy novelette by Rachel Swirsky. It was first published in the Jonathan Strahan-edited anthology "Eclipse Four",Hunger for Wonderful Stories: A Review of Eclipse Four, edited by Jonathan Strahan, by Lee Mandelo, at Tor.com; published May 3, 2011; retrieved June 26, 2014 and was reprinted in Year's Best Science Fiction and Fantasy: 2012.Year’s Best 2012: Rachel Swirsky on "Fields of Gold", by Gina Guadagnino, at Prime Books; published no later than August 4, 2012; retrieved June 26, 2014
Synopsis Dennis dies and arrives in heaven, where he discovers that what he thought would make him happy may be very different from what will keep him happy in the long term.
Reception "Fields" was a finalist for the 2012 Hugo Award for Best Novelette,2012 Hugo Awards , at TheHugoAwards.org; retrieved June 26, 2014 and the Nebula Award for Best Novelette of 2011.2011 Nebula Awards Nominees announced, at SFWA.org; published February 2012; retrieved 26 June, 2014
Strange Horizons noted that despite "ostensibly representing the present", the story is "absorbed with the past and the future that awaits us all".How the World Became Quiet: Myths of the Past, Present, and Future by Rachel Swirsky, reviewed by T.S. Miller, at Strange Horizons; published November 25, 2013; retrieved October 18, 2018
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