The Star
“Clarke Volume III: The Star Critical Mass First published in Space Science Fiction Magazine, August 1957, revised from Lilliput, March 1949 Collected in Tales from the White Hart ‘Did I ever tell you,’ said Harry Purvis modestly, ‘about the time I prevented the evacuation of southern England?’ ‘You did not,’ said Charles Willis, ‘or if you did, I slept through it.’ ‘Well, then,’ continued Harry, when enough people had gathered round him to make a respectable audience. ‘It happened two years ago... at the Atomic Energy Research Establishment near Clobham. You all know the place, of course. But I don’t think I’ve mentioned that I worked there for a while, on a special job I can’t talk about.’ ‘That makes a nice change,’ said John Wyndham, without the slightest effect.
‘It was on a Saturday afternoon,’ Harry began. ‘A beautiful day in late spring. There were about six of us scientists in the bar of the “Black Swan”, and the windows were open so that we could see down the slopes of Clobham Hill and out across the country to Upchester, about thirty miles away.MoreLess
‘It was on a Saturday afternoon,’ Harry began. ‘A beautiful day in late spring. There were about six of us scientists in the bar of the “Black Swan”, and the windows were open so that we could see down the slopes of Clobham Hill and out across the country to Upchester, about thirty miles away.MoreLess
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