Joseph Samachson 38 min read

A man who went to 'Old Ugly' instead of Harvard finds himself tangled in a scheme that could put Earth in a frame.

Joseph Samachson's 1958 story is narrated by an unlucky graduate of Oglethorpe A. & M., roped into a class-reunion intrigue with cosmic stakes and a wry, self-deprecating voice. Breezy, comic magazine SF that hangs a big idea on a small, funny narrator with a chip on his shoulder. Read it for lighthearted golden-age fun with an everyman you'll enjoy rooting for.

In its time

Published in 1958, during the 1950s, post-war optimism meets cold war anxiety.

Reading it

38 min read (a novelette, room for a turn or two).

Illustrated by

Diane Dillon