![]() ![]() ![]() Magellan has stopped off at Thalassa on its way to the distant planet Sagan Two in order to renew its shield. Then a ship arrives from Earth: the huge Magellan, powered by "quantum drive" (it derives energy from the quantum fluctuations of space itself) traveling at the speed of light, Magellan left Earth just before the final nova bearing a million colonists preserved in cold-sleep. With few environmental challenges, the Thalassans have developed a peaceful but stagnant culture. A handful of islands in a planetary ocean, Thalassa is a colony derived from a robot seedship sent from Earth centuries ago, just before the sun went nova. A short story that first appeared in 1958, expanded and polished to a high gloss. ![]()
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