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Galactic Cluster
Author: James Blish

Eight unlinked short stories. Includes: — Tomb Tapper (1956) -- A grounded aircraft is found in a tunnel, where two investigators probe the wing-less wreck. When a bizarre brainwave pattern is found within, the team set to enter and interrogate the possible Soviet or alien. 20 pages — King of the Hill (1955) -- The lone member of an orbital missil... more »e platform hallucinates other people aboard his vessel, who shout commands yet to be passed. He consults the civilian agency in charge of such emergencies. When the civilian boards the vessel, who is the unintentional hermit to say what is real and what is imaginary? 11 pages

Common Time (1953) -- Travelling at 22.4 times the speed of light, a pilot begins to experience a time difference in relationship to the ship; ten months for the ship is six-thousand years for the pilot. When the time starts to swing in the opposite extreme, the pilot has a sort of outer-body experience. 21 pages

A Work of Art (1956) -- The persona of composer Richard Strauss is reincarnated in the year 2161 where the music of the day is automatically created. Richard is asked to compose a piece of the modern audience, where the mind sculptors and contemporary music maestros have eager ears. 15 pages

To Pay the Piper (1956) -- Post-war underground society develops a treatment to withstand the harsh condition found on the plague ridden surface. The policy makers grapple with whom to `immunize' first- soldiers or citizens. With the enemy sabotaging allied cities, the process must be found acceptable to the population. 14 pages

Nor Iron Bars (1957) -- A new interstellar drive is being tested with passengers aboard. When the turn it on they find themselves within an atom, orbiting an electron, which they try to land on. It's a matter of finding out how they got there, how to get out and how to get back. 38 pages

Beep (1954) -- The secret Dirac transmitter has created real-time communication between the stars. At the same time, a videographer approaches the government with a document predicting the transmitter's existence and specific details of future events. When it comes down to boy-meets-girl, everything must go on as usual. 36 pages

This Earth of Hours (1959) -- Stranded war ship around alien planet makes contact with psychically connected worm-like species from the galactic center. From a previous confrontation, a captured crewman gives thought provoking evidence to the origins of the worms and the human species, too. 20 pages

ISBN: 369174
Publication Date: 1959
Pages: 176
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Publisher: New American Library
Book Type: Paperback
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Tom H. (sabian30) reviewed Galactic Cluster on 10/30/2013 + 9 more book reviews

Known mostly for his reworking of the Star Trek scripts, James Blish is a master at creating atmospheric stories of the future. It's an awesome read and each story is my favorite. Awesome work.

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