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"Souvenir" was published in Fantastic Universe in October 1954. The robot pilot informs Rogers that they have finally reached Williamson's World. Williamson's World was settled by Frank Williamson in the first attempt to establish a Terran colony outside of the solar system. No future evidence of his colony was found and it was presumed lost and it remained so for three hundred years. Rogers meets a young man after landing who assumes immediately he is from the Galactic Relay Center. He identifies himself as Gene Williamson (the great-great-great-great-grandson of Frank Williamson).

Kiev. 1942. Larissa is a renowned embroiderer, surviving in occupied Ukraine as a seamstress in her ruin of a workshop. When an SS officer arrives to order a traditionally embroidered Ukrainian shirt, Larissa uses the opportunity to create a piece of art from her handiwork. Threading together the history and the horrors between the two enemies, she finds a way to express her defiance toward the Nazis and the local collaborators. But at what price? Prepare yourself for an unforgettable journey behind the Second World War’s eastern front.

Dix ans après avoir enregistré Avec mon meilleur souvenir, le plus personnel et le plus accompli de ses récits, Françoise Sagan raconte dans Derrière l'épaule cette expérience inédite : "Le studio donnait sur une cour, style Utrillo, où un enfant et un chat se succédaient. Contrairement aux prédictions pessimistes de l'ingénieur du son, je me débrouillai fort bien, ne bégayai pas et inscrivis ma voix sur un disque, comme une professionnelle, pendant trois jours... C'était l'été, je crois, et j'ai gardé un souvenir paresseux et réussi de ces trois jours."