[short story] Passengers is a science fiction short story by Robert Silverberg. It was nominated for the Hugo Award for Best Short Story 1970, and won the Nebula Award for Best Short Story in 1969. ==Plot summary== The story is set in the year 1987. For three years people on earth have been subject to the will of the `Passengers`—-intangi... Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Passengers_(short_story)