The Black Corridor Author:Michael Moorcock Formerly the head of a reasonably successful toy company, Ryan has found himself taking charge of an interstellar expedition, in which he and his extended family and friends will colonize the distant planet of Munich 15040. Travel ling at close to light speed, with every other passenger on the ship suspended in their hibernation pods, and ... more »with no communications reaching the ship from Earth, Ryan exists in complete isolation, ritualistically going through the daily drills to check on the functioning of the mostly-automated ship, logging his formal reports with the ship's computer, writing his musings in his personal log and studying agriculture in preparation for the hardy pioneer life he and the others will lead when they land.« less