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Jacques Sternberg

First published July 1956
Type Short Fiction
Length Short Story

Synopsis

A spaceship pilot on the verge of retirement broods upon the different worlds, creatures and civilizations he has encountered during his career, noting how indifferent he has become to it all. His last mission concerns a puzzling race developing along incomprehensible, illogical principles, and whose main obsession is mutual destruction. As this race was starting to experiment space travel, authorities have judged it necessary to anihilate their planet, Earth.

Publications (6)

Date Publication Publisher Type Page
July 1956 Fiction, #32 OPTA MAGAZINE 88
1958 Entre deux mondes incertains Denoël Collection 242
1970 Univers zéro Marabout Collection 25
May 1973 Entre deux mondes incertains Denoël Collection 253
February 1975 La science-fiction Larousse Anthology 106
May 1985 L'habitant des étoiles et autres récits sur les extra-terrestres Gallimard Anthology 145