The Ballad of Beta2 Author:Samuel R. Delany Anthropology student Joneny was sent out on a quest he didn't want: to find the meaning of the Ballad of Beta-2. — For the ballad was the only clue that even hinted at what had hap?pened to spaceship Beta-2's miss?ing crew of galactic colonists. — Joneny's search for the answer led him on a course of indescribable terror?and to a miraculous under?... more »standing.« less