Requiem
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Description
Edmond Hamilton wrote a science fiction tale that ran in Amazing Stories in April 1962, drawn by Summers. Its head note asks whether even Earth's death must be stripped of dignity by mass media chatter. Captain Kellon thinks sourly that he commands not a starship but a travelling circus. Telaudio men, commentators, and publicity seekers crowd his ship.
His crew once pushed knowledge ever further into the galaxy for the Survey. Now they carry costly passengers on a sentimental mission. Ahead shines a white dwarf sun, cold for two thousand years. Its planets have lain frozen and ice locked all that time. Kellon orders the ship in, hating the errand.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Unknown |
|---|---|
| COLLECTION | BOOKS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 38 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | Public Domain |
| RIGHTS | PUBLIC DOMAIN |
| SOURCE | Project Gutenberg |