The solution to "The Cold Equations."
This short story, first published in Analog, won a reader's award for the best short story of 1991. In Tom Godwin's classic "The Cold Equations," the inflexible laws of nature meant death for a stowaway aboard a rescue ship. Sakers, writing in a different era, provides a solution to Godwin's dilemma.
Includes an afterword by the author, plus four additional short stories and excerpts from the author's other books.
NOTE: This story is contained in the anthology Elvenses.
Genre: Science Fiction
This short story, first published in Analog, won a reader's award for the best short story of 1991. In Tom Godwin's classic "The Cold Equations," the inflexible laws of nature meant death for a stowaway aboard a rescue ship. Sakers, writing in a different era, provides a solution to Godwin's dilemma.
Includes an afterword by the author, plus four additional short stories and excerpts from the author's other books.
NOTE: This story is contained in the anthology Elvenses.
Genre: Science Fiction
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