Synopsis
63,000 years in the future, humans live underground, having been driven there by the cooling of the sun. Most believe that the sun no longer exists, but a few believe it is still there and back to being warm.
History
First publication: Astounding August 1931
Review
With such a setting, an underground city in the far future, there is vast possibility to explore the implications. Instead the city is ruled by a dictator and an opposing faction fights to escape to the upper world. There isn’t even any certainty that the surface of the earth is habitable! While it is an enjoyable pulp adventure story, it just fails to do any of the cool things that could have been done with this situation.
