Her Smoke Rose Up Forever (S.F. MASTERWORKS) - Plot & Excerpts
MASTERWORKS) AND I HAVE COME UPON THIS PLACE BY LOST WAYSIT WAS SO beautiful.Evan’s too-muscular stomach tightened as he came into the Senior Commons and saw them around the great viewport. Forgetting his mountain, forgetting even his ghastly vest, he stared like a layman at the white-clad Scientists in the high evening sanctum of their ship. He still could not believe.A Star Research Ship, he marveled. A Star Science Mission, and I am on it. Saved from a Technician’s mean life, privileged to be a Scientist and search the stars for knowledge—“What’ll it be, Evan?”Young Dr. Sunny Isham was at the bevbar. Evan mumbled amenities, accepted a glass. Sunny was the other Junior Scientist and in theory Evan’s equal. But Sunny’s parents were famous Research Chiefs and the tissue of his plain white labcoat came from god knew where across the galaxy.Evan pulled his own coarse whites across his horrible vest and wandered toward the group around the port. Why had he squandered his dress credit on Aldebaranian brocade when all these Star Scientists came from Aldebtech?
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