![]() The eponymous tale of the collection is one-hundred percent earthbound, telling the story of a husband and wife experiencing the long-awaited return of a capsule containing a dead American astronaut. The collection’s introduction is signed simply “The Editors” but according to The Science Fiction Encyclopedia Ray Russell (1924-1999) edited it, offering a tidbit about each author and a story note or two in his brief introduction. While I admit I don’t have the knowledge base of some of the vintage SF reviewers here, I did like the stories enough highlight the collection and offer a quick review in case others wanted to experience the unintentional “prophetic” element of science fiction, as the editorial introduction labels it. I can’t remember the name of the blogger who had re-cracked it, but the person noted that with everyone locked down and socially distanced, these decades-old stories of isolation and lonely death, mostly written between Sputnik and the Apollo landing, felt newly relevant. Last summer I came across an intriguing aside on the SF anthology The Dead Astronaut by Playboy Press (1971). ![]() ![]() The Dead Astronaut (Playboy Press, 1971). ![]()
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