rfg@hound.UUCP (R.GRANTGES) (02/02/85)
I suspect this request is a tuffy. Can anyone identify the story by title and author (and publication) from the following: It was written and published prior to 1949 for I had a copy in 1948 or late 1947. It was probably a novelette or long short story. It involved a mining operation <in> the sun. Ships were able to penetrate the sun by a field which somehow polarized the molecules (atoms?) of both ship and sun allowing those of the ship to "slip" between those of the sun. That's all I remember except that the story involved one trip into the sun and back out. Something unusual happened there,but I haven't the foggiest idea what anymore. It was most likely something from Planet Stories, or TWS, or SS (needless to say, not the Big A). I have a special reason to recall this story so I would much appreciate any help. Thanks in advance! I know you can do it! -- "It's the thought, if any, that counts!" Dick Grantges hound!rfg
@RUTGERS.ARPA:Slocum.CSCDA@HI-MULTICS.ARPA (02/04/85)
From: Slocum@HI-MULTICS.ARPA
> Ships were able to penetrate the sun by a field which somehow >
polarized the molecules (atoms?) of both ship and sun allowing those >
of the ship to "slip" between those of the sun. That's all I > remember
except that the story involved one trip into the sun and > back out.
Something unusual happened there,but I haven't the > foggiest idea what
anymore.
This sounds kind of like "The Golden Apples of the Sun" by Ray Bradbury.
This is a short story in the collection by the same name.
Brett Slocum
Slocum.HI-MULTICS.ARPA ...!inhp4!umn-cs!hi-csc!slocumthomas@utah-gr.UUCP (Spencer W. Thomas) (02/10/85)
In article <552@topaz.ARPA> jpa144@cit-vax writes: >> Ships were able to penetrate the sun by a field which somehow >>polarized the molecules (atoms?) of both ship and sun allowing >>those of the ship to "slip" between those of the sun. That's all I >>remember except that the story involved one trip into the sun and >>back out. > >I'm SURE this is <The Weather Man> or its sequel, both short stories by >an author whose name escapes me at the moment. I'm pretty sure the author was Lloyd Biggle, Jr. -- =Spencer ({ihnp4,decvax}!utah-cs!thomas, thomas@utah-cs.ARPA) <<< "Humor is the poetry of ideas that do not match." - Leonard Feeney >>>