The Answer - H. Beam Piper

The Answer

Author: H. Beam Piper


  • Publication Date: 1964-01-01
  • Category: Sci-Fi & Fantasy
3.5 Score: 3.5
(From 11 Ratings)

Summary

An interesting, if slightly disturbing short sci-fi story looking at some of the worst parts of human nature. Lee Richardson and Alexis Pitov, two nuclear scientists, are participating in a thermonuclear test involving a rocket and negamatter. The test is decidedly not a test to develop into weapons-grade materials. However, Pitov and Richardson cannot help but consider the fate of Auburn, NY fifteen years ago when the nuclear event shocked the world.

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