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Alfred Pendray must warn Earth of an impending threat while facing terrifying calculations aboard a warship.

Alfred Pendray has one chance to warn Earth before an enemy weapon turns the Sun into a killing firestorm, but every path home carries a price no sane man would willingly pay. Drifting alone through a shattered warship, he faces a calculation that grows more terrifying the closer he gets to solving it. The Measure of a Man by Randall Garrett. That’s next on The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast.From the April 1960 issue of Astounding/Analog Science Fact & Fiction on page 110, The Measure of a Man by Randall Garrett…Next on The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast, Three desperate thieves steal a machine that promises access to a hidden realm where every invention already exists, but what waits there responds to the minds that enter it. Butch Conners sees the score of a lifetime ahead of him, unaware that some doors lead somewhere far stranger than treasure. The Thought Machine by Ray Cummings. Lost Sci-Fi Premium - https://lostscifi.supercast.com/ Buy Me a Coffee - https://lostscifi.com/coffee=========================== Newsletter - https://lostscifi.com/free/Facebook - https://lostscifi.com/facebookYouTube - https://lostscifi.com/youtubeX - http://Lostscifi.com/xInstagram…

People in this episode

Host: Scott Miller

Topics covered

• science fiction
• space exploration
• war
• calculation
• thieves
• invention

Keywords

• Alfred Pendray
• enemy weapon
• Sun
• firestorm
• warship
• hidden realm
• invention
• Butch Conners

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: The Measure of a Man, Astounding/Analog Science Fact & Fiction, The Thought Machine

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