Landis Geoffrey A. Скачать все книги 3 Количество книг

In the fourth decade of the twenty-first century, humans have been to Mars twice, but neither expedition successfully returned. Now, with worldwide interest in manned Mars exploration on the wane, a third expedition has made it by eking out resources from a combination of public and private sponsorship. But from the moment of their landing, everything begins to go wrong. The astronauts only hope of survival lies in trekking halfway across the surface of Mars itself a journey to the limits of human endurance.

The author has recently been traveling back and forth from his home in Ohio to Pasadena, California, where he was working as a scientist on the Mars Pathfinder Mission. Now he sends his unusual astronaut on a dangerous journey into the heart of darkness. This exceptional character discovers much about himself while unlocking some of the secrets of black holes and determining what it means to be.

First appeared in , August 1997. Nominated for Best Short Story.