edb@akgua.UUCP (E.D. Brooks [Emily]) (09/26/84)
Someone mentioned a book where the hero survives by accident and his
companions fall perpetually into the event horizon of a ?giant star?.
I once read a short story with a similar plot and would like to know
which anthology. Please respond by mail and I will post the answer.
A survey ship is approaching a black hole accompanied by a telepathic
girl and (outside the ship) an energy being they all refer to as
"Lucifer". Lucifer and the girl (Evangeline?) 'talk' a lot; he is
almost her only companion. As they approach the black hole, Lucifer
darts over to investigate and is trapped by the gravitational pull.
The story jumps to some years later and to a Lunar convent where the
girl is now a novice?. Every year she says a prayer for Lucifer... whom
she can still hear falling forever into Hell.
The name of the story is I believe *Kyrie*; I do not remember the
author.
Please help! All leads cheerfully accepted.
Emily Brooks {...ihnp4!}akgua!edbandyb@dartvax.UUCP (Andy Behrens) (10/06/84)
Emily Brooks (edb@akgua) asks for the source of the story with the
following plot:
A survey ship is approaching a black hole accompanied by a
telepathic girl and (outside the ship) an energy being they all
refer to as "Lucifer". [...] As they approach the black hole,
Lucifer darts over to investigate and is trapped by the
gravitational pull. The story jumps to some years later and to a
Lunar convent where the girl is now a novice?. Every year she says
a prayer for Lucifer... whom she can still hear falling forever
into Hell.
The story is "Kyrie", by Poul Anderson. It appeared in the anthology
"World's Best Science Fiction 1969", which was edited by Donald Wollheim
and Terry Carr.
Andy Behrens
andyb@dartmouth.csnet
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