edb@akgua.UUCP (E.D. Brooks [Emily]) (02/12/85)
Many moons ago I requested help from this newsgroup in re-discovering
the title, author, and anthology of a short story I had read when much
younger (approx. 15 years ago). Imagine my disappointment when I
received exactly ZERO replies! No one remembered my story! (So much
for advance thanks! :-))
But, I have found it! It has been re-released in a *new* collection
of short stories by Poul Anderson (I might have known he was the author)
entitled "Dialogue with Darkness".
The particular story I was looking for is titled "Sister Planet" and still
retains the haunting anguish I remembered so well. This collection
credits "Satellite", May, 1959 which is apparently a magazine. I did
NOT first read this in any magazine (certainly not in 1959! I hadn't
learned to read then) and will probably never know what anthology I
saw it in.
The collection "Dialogue with Darkness" is excellent. I recommend it
to you all. These are older stories, but only a few (like "Sister
Planet") have obvious discrepancies due to discoveries made since their
original publication.
And, no, I will not include any spoilers at all. Read and enjoy!
Emily Brooks {ihnp4!}akgua!edb