“Butyl and the Breather”
1940-10-00
short story
By Theodore Sturgeon

Ether Breather


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Synopsis

Hamilton cooks up an idea for how to bring the Breather back, by pissing it off.

History

First publication: Astounding, October 1940

Review

A very good story, very funny, and an excellent follow-up to the original Ether Breather. Published a year later, this has the two characters trying to bring the creature back again. The two stories together are great to read. I wonder if more stories could have been added to this series? We’ll never know now. Recommended.


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We have the story in these editions:

The Great SF Stories 2 (1940), edited by Isaac Asimov, Martin H. Greenberg, paperback, DAW Books, 1979-08-00

The Ultimate Egoist, hardcover, North Atlantic Books, 1995-02-00



All of the stories in the Ether Breather series:
Butyl and the Breather
1 Ether Breather