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A Man Must Die

John Clute

First published November 1966
Type Short Fiction
Length Short Story

A deteriorating spaceship carrying embryos of colonists and domestic animals is crewed by an assortment of people who have decided to have their cognitive ability decreased, a deteriorating sentient computer, and a hereditary captain trained from childhood to take over upon the death of his predecessor.

Date Publication Publisher Type Page
November 1966 Cover New Worlds SF, November 1966 Roberts & Vinter Ltd. MAGAZINE 28
April 1970 Cover Best S.F. Stories from New Worlds 6 Panther Anthology 72
July 1971 Cover The Best SF Stories from New Worlds 6 Berkley Medallion Anthology 79
August 1974 Cover Alpha 5 Ballantine Books Anthology 176
August 1974 Cover Alpha 5 Ballantine Books Anthology 176
September 1974 Alpha 5 Ballantine Books Anthology 176
July 2022 Cover Alpha 5 ReAnimus Press Anthology |176