Subspace Survivors

Name: Subspace Survivors
Author: Smith, E. E. (Edward Elmer)

Smith, E. E. (Edward Elmer)

Science fiction

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      | Transcriber's Notes and Errata                               |
      |                                                              |
      | This e-text was produced from Astounding Science Fact and    |
      | Fiction, July 1960. Extensive research did not uncover any   |
      | evidence that the U. S. copyright on this publication was    |
      | renewed.                                                     |
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      | A few typographical errors have been marked in the text with |
      | a nearby footnote.                                           |
      |                                                              |
      | There was one instance each of 'hyperspace' and              |
      | 'hyper-space'. There was one instance of 'hook-up' and one   |
      | of 'hookups'. These hyphenations were not changed.           |
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SUBSPACE SURVIVORS

by

EDWARD E. SMITH, Ph. D.

Illustrated by van Dongen







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  | _There has always been, and will always be, the problem of   |
  | surviving the experience that any trained expert can handle  |
  | ... when there hasn't been any first survivor to be an       |
  | expert! When no one has ever gotten back to explain what     |
  | happened...._                                                |
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I.

"All passengers, will you[1] pay attention, please?" All the
high-fidelity speakers of the starship _Procyon_ spoke as one, in the
skillfully-modulated voice of the trained announcer. "This is the fourth
and last cautionary announcement. Any who are not seated will seat
themselves at once. Prepare for take-off acceleration of one and
one-half gravities; that is, everyone will weigh one-half again as much
as his normal Earth weight for about fifteen minutes. We lift in twenty
seconds; I will count down the final five seconds.... Five ... Four ...
Three ... Two ... One ... Lift!"

    [1] Transcriber's Note: The original read "will pay attention,
    please?"

[Illustration]

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Subspace Survivors

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