Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/5/84; site cvl.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!decvax!genrad!panda!talcott!harvard!seismo!umcp-cs!cvl!eli From: eli@cvl.UUCP (Eli Liang) Newsgroups: net.sf-lovers Subject: Re: recommended first sf Message-ID: <818@cvl.UUCP> Date: Tue, 10-Sep-85 14:13:33 EDT Article-I.D.: cvl.818 Posted: Tue Sep 10 14:13:33 1985 Date-Received: Thu, 12-Sep-85 22:38:53 EDT References: <3578@topaz.RUTGERS.EDU> Organization: Computer Vision Lab, U. of Maryland, College Park Lines: 32 > > From: Alastair Milne > ... > (By the way, there is a masterly story called, I think, "A Walk in the > Dark", about a man working on a moon or asteroid far out in the solar > system, far away from the Sun, whose environment suit lights go out as he > is working, and who has to walk back to his base in utter blackness. I > think this one is by Clarke, but I'm not sure. Can anybody confirm or > correct this? Thank you) > > > Alastair Milne Yes, that's the title, I just read it last night. Real neat story. It's in a collection of storys by Clarke called ``Reach for Tomorrow''. I sat down with the intention of just reading one or two stories from it, but ended up reading the whole thing... *sigh* ...when will I learn? Just as I was finishing the story, there was this unmistakable `clicking' sound.... -eric messick (using eli's acct until they let me bring up un*x on our vaxen...) -- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Eli Liang --- University of Maryland Computer Vision Lab, (301) 454-4526 ARPA: liang@cvl, liang@lemuria, eli@mit-mc, eli@mit-prep CSNET: liang@cvl UUCP: {seismo,allegra,brl-bmd}!umcp-cs!cvl!liang