3 short novelettes by Tom Godwin
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Overview:Tom Godwin, a working name of US author Thomas William Godwin (1915-1980), whose life and career were afflicted by disease and misfortune: family tragedies caused him to leave school after third grade, kyphosis misshaped his spine and truncated his military career, and he was an alcoholic. He published the first of approximately thirty sf stories, "The Gulf Between", in Astounding in 1953.
Genre: Fiction > Sci-Fi/Fantasy
And Devious the Line of Duty (1962)
Sometimes the most diligent and loyal thing an old man can do is fumble, drink beer, and let a young man get into trouble….
Mother of Invention (1953) [ed. Jerry eBooks, 2016]
It’s long been held that Necessity is the mother of invention. But there has been no adequate discussion of the father of invention—Hard Work!
The Gulf Between (1949) [ed. Jerry eBooks, 2015]
He was dying!
The fear flooded, over him again, dark and smothering and made worse by his inability to move. His doctor was standing near him, watching over him with dark, patient eyes, knowing that he was dying. When a man is dying, there should be comfort in the presence of a doctor who knows how to save his life. His doctor knew he was dying and had already done the thing that should have saved him from death; the doctor had informed the pilot of his condition by means of the letters on the pilot’s communications panel. They had leered at him for an endless eternity: OBSERVER DYING OF EFFECTS OF FULL ACCELERATION. IMMEDIATE REDUCTION OF ACCELERATION IS SUGGESTED.
His doctor watched him die with dark, brooding eyes and suggested to the pilot that the acceleration be reduced.
But the pilot’s seat was empty.
He was the pilot, and the doctor knew it . . .
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