Cycle of Fire Author:Hal Clement "Do you mean," mused Dar, "that you earthlings do not know when you're going to die?" — Nils Druger was the Earthman. A castaway with a smashed spaceship on the parched surface of the an inhospitable planet. Dar was his non-human castaway companion. Nils, a latter-day Robinson Crusoe, quickly learned that his inte... more »nded Man Friday was a superior creature.
They would both die.
Typically, Nils the human opted to do something about it.
Typically, Dar, who knew the day, date and hour of his death in advance, opted to do nothing.
Which of them was right? Or, perhaps both of them were!« less