Category: Science-Fiction & Fantasy

The Mercurian

Long, Frank Belknap, 1903-1994· 2 chapters· 4,564 words

We stood before the airlock, the old man and I, and watched them go out. Ellison was a granite man and I was just the lad who threw the switches.

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1. Part 1

We stood before the airlock, the old man and I, and watched them go out. Ellison was a granite man and I was just the lad who threw the switches.

2. Part 2

It promised not to diminish the mass of a single human being on Earth. All it needed was our sunlight. Locked up in the _Lyra_ and freezing to death it had been compelled to tap...