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1278 stories · Selected from the catalog · Page 54 of 54
Walter M. Miller Jr.A retired spaceman dying at home waits to hear one final launch while his family struggles with what his life in space meant to them.
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A condemned ritual thief on a dying Mars raids a forbidden vault, hoping that fragments of ancient science can save his people.
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A long-haul spacer returns to Earth to meet his newborn son, drunk, broke, and unsure whether he can stop choosing space over his family.
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A defeated space fleet returns to peaceful Earth for fuel and turns a willing welcome into occupation, forced labor, and revolt.
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A submarine officer deserts rather than help begin total nuclear war, but enemy vessels force him to decide what he is still willing to fight for.
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A gangly schoolmaster courts a farmer’s daughter in a drowsy Hudson Valley town haunted by a headless horseman.
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