Human beings have colonized a plateau on Rustum but must now spread to the lowlands where the air pressure is many times higher than at Terrestrial sea-level. Dan Coffin, with an above average tolerance of high air pressure, can live comfortably in the lowlands but is terrified of that environment because of a bad childhood experience there.
A problem and its resolution generate a short story. Each of these stories adds to and enriches a different future history series.
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Kaor, Paul!
And Jack Birnam's was possibly "psychosomatic" in origin, and not truly an allergic biochemical reaction to contact with Ythrians. An allergy brought on by his anger and resentment. The important point, of course, was that Jack overcame this resentment and was able to become friends with Ythrians.
Sean
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