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The Stars Are the Styx

Theodore Sturgeon

First published October 1950
Type Short Fiction
Length Novelette

Synopsis

People are leaving the Earth from a base near the moon, either alone or in pairs. They are embarking on a six thousand year trip, and almost half of them will perish. After six thousand years, their ships will establish a kind of net which will make FTL flight possible. At that point the travelers will be able to return to Earth and no time will have passed for them.

Publications (11)

Date Publication Publisher Type Page
October 1950 Galaxy Science Fiction, October 1950 World Editions, Inc. MAGAZINE 72
February 1952 Galaxy Reader of Science Fiction Crown Publishers Anthology 178
1953 Galaxy Reader of Science Fiction Grayson & Grayson Anthology
October 1979 The Stars Are the Styx Dell Collection 289
May 1981 The Stars Are the Styx Dell Collection 289
March 1984 The Stars Are the Styx Bluejay Books Collection 289
November 1999 Baby Is Three North Atlantic Books Collection 11
2000 Baby Is Three North Atlantic Books Collection 11
2010 Baby Is Three North Atlantic Books Collection 11
April 2013 Baby Is Three North Atlantic Books Collection |11
September 2013 Baby Is Three Gateway / Orion Collection