Synopsis
Cunningham has the crew of his small space ship mutiny on him and they crash on a moon-size planet of Deneb.
History
First publication: Astounding, September 1945
1946 RetroHugo winner for best short story.
Review
Another of the type of story Clement was best at. The writing is good and characterization is good. Even the plot is good. But it’s the world and the critters that live there—and which give Cunningham his ultimate solution to the problem—that make this story brilliant. Highly recommended.
Videos
We have the story in these editions:
The Best of Hal Clement, edited by Lester Del Rey, paperback, Del Rey, 1979-06-00
The Essential Hal Clement, Volume 2: Music of Many Spheres, hardcover, NESFA Press, 2003-04-00
Astounding Science-Fiction, September 1945, edited by John W. Campbell, Jr., magazine, Street & Smith, 1945-09-00
Small Changes, hardcover, Doubleday, 1969-01-00
All of the stories in the Laird Cunningham series:
Uncommon Sense
The Logical Life
Stuck with It
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