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The famous building, towering in solitary splendour above the woods of central Manhattan, had changed little in a thousand years. It was part of hi…

That was well done. Now they will not be tempted to return.' 'I am learning many things; but I still feel sad that my old life is slipping …

Before the age of planetary exploration opened in the late twentieth century, few scientists would have believed that life could have flourished on…

'These poor, primitive colonists!' lamented Mihailovich. 'I'm horrified - there's not a single concert grand on the whole of Ga…

From: Professor Paul Kreuger, FRS, etc. To: The Editor, NATURE Data Bank (Public access) Subject: MOUNT ZEUS AND JOVIAN DIAMONDS As is now well unde…

'Baas,' said the apartment's master comset, 'I accessed that special programme from Ganymede while you were sleeping. Do you wish t…

'Whatever made you think I was dead?' cried Heywood Floyd. 'I've not felt better for years!' Paralysed with astonishment, Chris…

When I was studying at Flagstaff,' began van der Berg, 'I came across an old astronomy book that said: "The Solar System consists of th…

I wish I'd studied some psychology, thought van der Berg; then I could explore the parameters of his delusion. Yet now he seems completely sane …

Even in his most horrible nightmares, Dr van der Berg had never imagined being stranded on a hostile world in a tiny space capsule, with only a madm…

What a terrible place, thought Chris Floyd - nothing but driving sleet, flurries of snow, occasional glimpses of landscapes streaked with ice - why,…

As they unloaded the equipment from Bill Tee and set it up on their little granite landing-pad, Chris Floyd found it hard to tear his eyes away fro…

Hello, Gany Central - we've made a perfect landing - I mean Chris has - on a flat surface of some metamorphic rock - probably the same pseudogr…

'You'd better hurry,' Ganymede Central had advised, 'The next conjunction will be a bad one - we'll be triggering quakes as well…

'Speaking from memory,' said Dr Anderson, 'Goddard's first rocket flew about fifty metres. I wonder if Mr Chang will beat that reco…