In the Acknowledgements:
"Turning Point," Worlds of If, copyright 1963 by Digest Production Corporation.
On the Contents page:
The Turning Point 267
On p. 267:
TURNING POINT
At the head of the even-numbered pages, 268-284:
The Turning Point
On the opening page, the first person narrator quotes:
"It is not fit that you should sit here any longer"
"We hold these truths to be self-evident"
"The Italian navigator has landed in the New World" (This was a surprise.)
"Dear God, the thing works!" (I can't find this.)
That opening passage is sufficient to determine that we will consider this story next.
The narrator reminds us that:
"...every planet is a complete world!" (p. 267) How many Anderson characters say that? If I had known that the question was going to come up, I would have counted.
He was on a ship that was surveying a planet that had been noted by the Traders - or maybe by another group called "...the Federals." (p. 267) All will be explained, of course. The crew had been surveying for a year and were "...jaded." (ibid.) This reminds us of Poul Anderson's Grand Survey ship, the Olga, and we have encountered interstellar Traders often enough before, of course.
It is good to know where we are going next.
1 comment:
Kaor, Paul!
Had at least a slight familiarity with all these lines except the ones about the "Italian navigator" and "Dear God."
Ad astra! Sean
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