Story where a man evades capture from a spaceship by walking round an asteroid [duplicate]Collection of short stories; in one a spy attempts to escape detection on Mars's moon by moving faster than the spaceship can scanStory about a young man 'walking the feins'?SciFi Short Story about an immortal man digging through an asteroid to meet a womanStory where man goes to borrow money from odd community of hoardersShort story, man kills everyone on board spaceship, Earth won't let him landPlease help ID story about asteroid-mining space creaturesLooking for short story where businessman wants secret of immortality from a man that has itShort story where man removes food from spaceship because of cheating wifeShort story about an asteroid colony where the plumber is an unclean/outcastShort Story - Man lives in isolation in a compound, plays tennis against a robot, arranges meeting with a womanAnthology containing the story “Green Mold”(?) where green mold grows on everything and eventually the astronauts
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Story where a man evades capture from a spaceship by walking round an asteroid [duplicate]
Collection of short stories; in one a spy attempts to escape detection on Mars's moon by moving faster than the spaceship can scanStory about a young man 'walking the feins'?SciFi Short Story about an immortal man digging through an asteroid to meet a womanStory where man goes to borrow money from odd community of hoardersShort story, man kills everyone on board spaceship, Earth won't let him landPlease help ID story about asteroid-mining space creaturesLooking for short story where businessman wants secret of immortality from a man that has itShort story where man removes food from spaceship because of cheating wifeShort story about an asteroid colony where the plumber is an unclean/outcastShort Story - Man lives in isolation in a compound, plays tennis against a robot, arranges meeting with a womanAnthology containing the story “Green Mold”(?) where green mold grows on everything and eventually the astronauts
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Collection of short stories; in one a spy attempts to escape detection on Mars's moon by moving faster than the spaceship can scan
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I'm trying to identify a short story I read some time in the nineties, and ideally the anthology it was in too. I was reading a lot of Asimov at the time, and it has a typically Asimovian twist at the end, but may not actually be by him.
A man in a small (?) craft is being chased by a bigger spaceship. The two are on opposite sides in a war. I think the man has stolen secrets of some kind. His craft is overpowered and he (crash?) lands on an asteroid. He expects to be captured but notes that the chasing ship is very unwieldy and overshoots. As it returns he is able to evade capture by walking round the asteroid so as continually be on the opposite side as the ship. Eventually an even bigger ship from his own side chases off the one he is avoiding and he is rescued.
The story is framed as being told by one old space-hand in a bar to two others. One of them (relatively young/junior, I think) dismisses it as a tall tale.
However the other listener recognised something about the storyteller and suspects he may be the disgraced spaceship captain who failed to catch a man in a spacesuit.
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Collection of short stories; in one a spy attempts to escape detection on Mars's moon by moving faster than the spaceship can scan
1 answer
I'm trying to identify a short story I read some time in the nineties, and ideally the anthology it was in too. I was reading a lot of Asimov at the time, and it has a typically Asimovian twist at the end, but may not actually be by him.
A man in a small (?) craft is being chased by a bigger spaceship. The two are on opposite sides in a war. I think the man has stolen secrets of some kind. His craft is overpowered and he (crash?) lands on an asteroid. He expects to be captured but notes that the chasing ship is very unwieldy and overshoots. As it returns he is able to evade capture by walking round the asteroid so as continually be on the opposite side as the ship. Eventually an even bigger ship from his own side chases off the one he is avoiding and he is rescued.
The story is framed as being told by one old space-hand in a bar to two others. One of them (relatively young/junior, I think) dismisses it as a tall tale.
However the other listener recognised something about the storyteller and suspects he may be the disgraced spaceship captain who failed to catch a man in a spacesuit.
story-identification short-stories anthology-book
asked Mar 6 at 18:35
Stewart BeckerStewart Becker
1435
marked as duplicate by Jenayah, TheLethalCarrot, Dave Johnson, Laurel, Alarion Mar 6 at 20:45
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Possible duplicate of Identify older short stories (OP on proposed dupe-target was technically looking for a book, but only remembered this one story, so this seems in accordance with our dupe-closure policy)
– Jenayah
Mar 6 at 19:34
Yes, but because I misremembered it as being an asteroid I did not find that question. I did search before posting, honest!
– Stewart Becker
Mar 6 at 20:43
Oh no worries at all, per policy we just close story-ID as dupes when both are accepted, for mapping purposes mainly :) doesn't mean your question was a bad one, far from it. (I'll admit that our story-ID policies are quite not instinctive for newcomers; story-ID kinda has its own laws here ahah)
– Jenayah
Mar 6 at 20:49
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This question already has an answer here:
Collection of short stories; in one a spy attempts to escape detection on Mars's moon by moving faster than the spaceship can scan
1 answer
I'm trying to identify a short story I read some time in the nineties, and ideally the anthology it was in too. I was reading a lot of Asimov at the time, and it has a typically Asimovian twist at the end, but may not actually be by him.
A man in a small (?) craft is being chased by a bigger spaceship. The two are on opposite sides in a war. I think the man has stolen secrets of some kind. His craft is overpowered and he (crash?) lands on an asteroid. He expects to be captured but notes that the chasing ship is very unwieldy and overshoots. As it returns he is able to evade capture by walking round the asteroid so as continually be on the opposite side as the ship. Eventually an even bigger ship from his own side chases off the one he is avoiding and he is rescued.
The story is framed as being told by one old space-hand in a bar to two others. One of them (relatively young/junior, I think) dismisses it as a tall tale.
However the other listener recognised something about the storyteller and suspects he may be the disgraced spaceship captain who failed to catch a man in a spacesuit.
story-identification short-stories anthology-book
asked Mar 6 at 18:35
Stewart BeckerStewart Becker
1435
This question already has an answer here:
Collection of short stories; in one a spy attempts to escape detection on Mars's moon by moving faster than the spaceship can scan
1 answer
I'm trying to identify a short story I read some time in the nineties, and ideally the anthology it was in too. I was reading a lot of Asimov at the time, and it has a typically Asimovian twist at the end, but may not actually be by him.
A man in a small (?) craft is being chased by a bigger spaceship. The two are on opposite sides in a war. I think the man has stolen secrets of some kind. His craft is overpowered and he (crash?) lands on an asteroid. He expects to be captured but notes that the chasing ship is very unwieldy and overshoots. As it returns he is able to evade capture by walking round the asteroid so as continually be on the opposite side as the ship. Eventually an even bigger ship from his own side chases off the one he is avoiding and he is rescued.
The story is framed as being told by one old space-hand in a bar to two others. One of them (relatively young/junior, I think) dismisses it as a tall tale.
However the other listener recognised something about the storyteller and suspects he may be the disgraced spaceship captain who failed to catch a man in a spacesuit.
This question already has an answer here:
Collection of short stories; in one a spy attempts to escape detection on Mars's moon by moving faster than the spaceship can scan
1 answer
story-identification short-stories anthology-book
story-identification short-stories anthology-book
asked Mar 6 at 18:35
Stewart BeckerStewart Becker
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asked Mar 6 at 18:35
Stewart BeckerStewart Becker
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edited Mar 6 at 20:48
Stewart Becker
asked Mar 6 at 18:35
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asked Mar 6 at 18:35
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marked as duplicate by Jenayah, TheLethalCarrot, Dave Johnson, Laurel, Alarion Mar 6 at 20:45
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Possible duplicate of Identify older short stories (OP on proposed dupe-target was technically looking for a book, but only remembered this one story, so this seems in accordance with our dupe-closure policy)
– Jenayah
Mar 6 at 19:34
Yes, but because I misremembered it as being an asteroid I did not find that question. I did search before posting, honest!
– Stewart Becker
Mar 6 at 20:43
Oh no worries at all, per policy we just close story-ID as dupes when both are accepted, for mapping purposes mainly :) doesn't mean your question was a bad one, far from it. (I'll admit that our story-ID policies are quite not instinctive for newcomers; story-ID kinda has its own laws here ahah)
– Jenayah
Mar 6 at 20:49
add a comment |
6
Possible duplicate of Identify older short stories (OP on proposed dupe-target was technically looking for a book, but only remembered this one story, so this seems in accordance with our dupe-closure policy)
– Jenayah
Mar 6 at 19:34
Yes, but because I misremembered it as being an asteroid I did not find that question. I did search before posting, honest!
– Stewart Becker
Mar 6 at 20:43
Oh no worries at all, per policy we just close story-ID as dupes when both are accepted, for mapping purposes mainly :) doesn't mean your question was a bad one, far from it. (I'll admit that our story-ID policies are quite not instinctive for newcomers; story-ID kinda has its own laws here ahah)
– Jenayah
Mar 6 at 20:49
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Possible duplicate of Identify older short stories (OP on proposed dupe-target was technically looking for a book, but only remembered this one story, so this seems in accordance with our dupe-closure policy)
– Jenayah
Mar 6 at 19:34
Possible duplicate of Identify older short stories (OP on proposed dupe-target was technically looking for a book, but only remembered this one story, so this seems in accordance with our dupe-closure policy)
– Jenayah
Mar 6 at 19:34
Yes, but because I misremembered it as being an asteroid I did not find that question. I did search before posting, honest!
– Stewart Becker
Mar 6 at 20:43
Yes, but because I misremembered it as being an asteroid I did not find that question. I did search before posting, honest!
– Stewart Becker
Mar 6 at 20:43
Oh no worries at all, per policy we just close story-ID as dupes when both are accepted, for mapping purposes mainly :) doesn't mean your question was a bad one, far from it. (I'll admit that our story-ID policies are quite not instinctive for newcomers; story-ID kinda has its own laws here ahah)
– Jenayah
Mar 6 at 20:49
Oh no worries at all, per policy we just close story-ID as dupes when both are accepted, for mapping purposes mainly :) doesn't mean your question was a bad one, far from it. (I'll admit that our story-ID policies are quite not instinctive for newcomers; story-ID kinda has its own laws here ahah)
– Jenayah
Mar 6 at 20:49
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Could this be the story "Hide and Seek" by Arthur C. Clarke?
Most of the details match; it's told as a story within the short story, a lone astronaut avoids capture by a large cruiser. The major difference is that it takes place on Mars' moon Phobos and not an asteroid.
I took a look for what anthology you might have read it in, but appears to have been in rather a number of collections.
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From Wikipedia it certainly looks like a match: "Back in the frame story the narrator asks Kingman if he was, in fact, K-15 [a spy]. No, he replies, he wasn’t, and leaves for another shot at the squirrel. It transpires Kingman was commander of Doradus." Good catch, have an upvote :)
– Jenayah
Mar 6 at 18:45
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It should be "Hide and Seek". I remember reading that story in the anthology There Will be War vol III that I used to have hanging around.
– Keith Morrison
Mar 6 at 18:55
Yes this is it. Having looked it up on archive.org the final paragraph confirmed it.
– Stewart Becker
Mar 6 at 19:23
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Could this be the story "Hide and Seek" by Arthur C. Clarke?
Most of the details match; it's told as a story within the short story, a lone astronaut avoids capture by a large cruiser. The major difference is that it takes place on Mars' moon Phobos and not an asteroid.
I took a look for what anthology you might have read it in, but appears to have been in rather a number of collections.
edited Mar 6 at 20:44
Vanguard3000
4,31322146
answered Mar 6 at 18:42
DavidWDavidW
2,7121739
1
From Wikipedia it certainly looks like a match: "Back in the frame story the narrator asks Kingman if he was, in fact, K-15 [a spy]. No, he replies, he wasn’t, and leaves for another shot at the squirrel. It transpires Kingman was commander of Doradus." Good catch, have an upvote :)
– Jenayah
Mar 6 at 18:45
1
It should be "Hide and Seek". I remember reading that story in the anthology There Will be War vol III that I used to have hanging around.
– Keith Morrison
Mar 6 at 18:55
Yes this is it. Having looked it up on archive.org the final paragraph confirmed it.
– Stewart Becker
Mar 6 at 19:23
add a comment |
Could this be the story "Hide and Seek" by Arthur C. Clarke?
Most of the details match; it's told as a story within the short story, a lone astronaut avoids capture by a large cruiser. The major difference is that it takes place on Mars' moon Phobos and not an asteroid.
I took a look for what anthology you might have read it in, but appears to have been in rather a number of collections.
edited Mar 6 at 20:44
Vanguard3000
4,31322146
answered Mar 6 at 18:42
DavidWDavidW
2,7121739
1
From Wikipedia it certainly looks like a match: "Back in the frame story the narrator asks Kingman if he was, in fact, K-15 [a spy]. No, he replies, he wasn’t, and leaves for another shot at the squirrel. It transpires Kingman was commander of Doradus." Good catch, have an upvote :)
– Jenayah
Mar 6 at 18:45
1
It should be "Hide and Seek". I remember reading that story in the anthology There Will be War vol III that I used to have hanging around.
– Keith Morrison
Mar 6 at 18:55
Yes this is it. Having looked it up on archive.org the final paragraph confirmed it.
– Stewart Becker
Mar 6 at 19:23
add a comment |
Could this be the story "Hide and Seek" by Arthur C. Clarke?
Most of the details match; it's told as a story within the short story, a lone astronaut avoids capture by a large cruiser. The major difference is that it takes place on Mars' moon Phobos and not an asteroid.
I took a look for what anthology you might have read it in, but appears to have been in rather a number of collections.
edited Mar 6 at 20:44
Vanguard3000
4,31322146
answered Mar 6 at 18:42
DavidWDavidW
2,7121739
Could this be the story "Hide and Seek" by Arthur C. Clarke?
Most of the details match; it's told as a story within the short story, a lone astronaut avoids capture by a large cruiser. The major difference is that it takes place on Mars' moon Phobos and not an asteroid.
I took a look for what anthology you might have read it in, but appears to have been in rather a number of collections.
edited Mar 6 at 20:44
Vanguard3000
4,31322146
answered Mar 6 at 18:42
DavidWDavidW
2,7121739
edited Mar 6 at 20:44
Vanguard3000
4,31322146
edited Mar 6 at 20:44
Vanguard3000
4,31322146
edited Mar 6 at 20:44
Vanguard3000
4,31322146
4,31322146
answered Mar 6 at 18:42
DavidWDavidW
2,7121739
answered Mar 6 at 18:42
DavidWDavidW
2,7121739
answered Mar 6 at 18:42
DavidWDavidW
2,7121739
2,7121739
1
From Wikipedia it certainly looks like a match: "Back in the frame story the narrator asks Kingman if he was, in fact, K-15 [a spy]. No, he replies, he wasn’t, and leaves for another shot at the squirrel. It transpires Kingman was commander of Doradus." Good catch, have an upvote :)
– Jenayah
Mar 6 at 18:45
1
It should be "Hide and Seek". I remember reading that story in the anthology There Will be War vol III that I used to have hanging around.
– Keith Morrison
Mar 6 at 18:55
Yes this is it. Having looked it up on archive.org the final paragraph confirmed it.
– Stewart Becker
Mar 6 at 19:23
add a comment |
1
From Wikipedia it certainly looks like a match: "Back in the frame story the narrator asks Kingman if he was, in fact, K-15 [a spy]. No, he replies, he wasn’t, and leaves for another shot at the squirrel. It transpires Kingman was commander of Doradus." Good catch, have an upvote :)
– Jenayah
Mar 6 at 18:45
1
It should be "Hide and Seek". I remember reading that story in the anthology There Will be War vol III that I used to have hanging around.
– Keith Morrison
Mar 6 at 18:55
Yes this is it. Having looked it up on archive.org the final paragraph confirmed it.
– Stewart Becker
Mar 6 at 19:23
1
1
From Wikipedia it certainly looks like a match: "Back in the frame story the narrator asks Kingman if he was, in fact, K-15 [a spy]. No, he replies, he wasn’t, and leaves for another shot at the squirrel. It transpires Kingman was commander of Doradus." Good catch, have an upvote :)
– Jenayah
Mar 6 at 18:45
From Wikipedia it certainly looks like a match: "Back in the frame story the narrator asks Kingman if he was, in fact, K-15 [a spy]. No, he replies, he wasn’t, and leaves for another shot at the squirrel. It transpires Kingman was commander of Doradus." Good catch, have an upvote :)
– Jenayah
Mar 6 at 18:45
1
1
It should be "Hide and Seek". I remember reading that story in the anthology There Will be War vol III that I used to have hanging around.
– Keith Morrison
Mar 6 at 18:55
It should be "Hide and Seek". I remember reading that story in the anthology There Will be War vol III that I used to have hanging around.
– Keith Morrison
Mar 6 at 18:55
Yes this is it. Having looked it up on archive.org the final paragraph confirmed it.
– Stewart Becker
Mar 6 at 19:23
Yes this is it. Having looked it up on archive.org the final paragraph confirmed it.
– Stewart Becker
Mar 6 at 19:23
add a comment |
6
Possible duplicate of Identify older short stories (OP on proposed dupe-target was technically looking for a book, but only remembered this one story, so this seems in accordance with our dupe-closure policy)
– Jenayah
Mar 6 at 19:34
Yes, but because I misremembered it as being an asteroid I did not find that question. I did search before posting, honest!
– Stewart Becker
Mar 6 at 20:43
Oh no worries at all, per policy we just close story-ID as dupes when both are accepted, for mapping purposes mainly :) doesn't mean your question was a bad one, far from it. (I'll admit that our story-ID policies are quite not instinctive for newcomers; story-ID kinda has its own laws here ahah)
– Jenayah
Mar 6 at 20:49