At the Core (#13)
Date | Setting | Type | Published | I.U.C. |
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1966-11 | Known Space [all] | Short Story | Worlds of If, November 1966 | K.S. 24 (2646) |
Reprints | Characters | Notes |
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anthology, The Second If Reader of Science Fiction, edited by Frederik Pohl (cloth and paperback); French, Galaxie, Avril 1968 as "Jusqu'au Coeur"; CATASTROPHES! ed. Isaac Asimov, Martin Harry Greenberg, and Charles G. Waugh, First Fawcett Crest Printing, July 1981; Neutron Star Crashlander World of Ptavvs/A Gift from Earth/Neutron Star | Beowulf Shaeffer, puppeteers | Ebook Beowulf discovers the core of the galaxy is exploding. First appearance of Long Shot |
Summary |
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First appeared in Worlds of If, November 1966. A human spaceship pilot accepts an offer to guide a cramped (but very fast) experimental alien ship to the center of the galaxy on a promotional stunt—but what he finds at the core is much more important than just publicity. |
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