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Derelict: A Positronic Book

Derelict: A Positronic Book


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Alan E. Nourse's Derelict is a tense Golden Age science fiction story of an abandoned spacecraft, alien mystery, and the dangerous choices men make when discovery and ambition collide. First published in the May 1953 issue of If: Worlds of Science Fiction, the story begins with a vast, silent ship from deep space appearing near a satellite station-an apparent derelict whose dead chambers may contain both terror and possibility. Project Gutenberg's edition identifies the work as a mid-twentieth-century science fiction story by Alan E. Nourse and preserves the original magazine-style hook: "What was the mystery of this great ship from the dark, deep reaches of space?"

Nourse builds the story around one of classic science fiction's most durable premises: the unexplained object in space. The derelict vessel is not merely a puzzle to be solved, but a pressure chamber for human motives. Curiosity, rivalry, loyalty, fear, and the hunger for control all sharpen as the crew confronts something larger than their training has prepared them to understand. The result is compact, atmospheric space fiction with the clean momentum of 1950s magazine SF and the moral unease that often gives Nourse's work its edge.

For readers of vintage science fiction, abandoned-spaceship stories, alien-contact fiction, Golden Age magazine SF, and mid-century space adventure, Derelict offers a strong example of the form: mysterious, efficient, and driven by the question of what mankind will do when it finds something powerful waiting in the dark. Explore other exciting Positronic Books devoted to classic science fiction, fantasy, and mystery.



About the Author :
Alan E. Nourse was an American science fiction writer and physician whose work combined speculative adventure with a practical interest in medicine, science, technology, and the social consequences of discovery. Born in 1928, Nourse wrote numerous science fiction stories and novels during the mid-twentieth century, contributing to the magazine tradition that shaped much of modern SF. His best-known works include Star Surgeon, The Universe Between, and The Bladerunner, the last of which supplied the title-though not the plot-for the later film Blade Runner.Nourse's fiction often reflects the concerns of a medically trained writer: systems under stress, ethical choices, biological or technological uncertainty, and human beings forced to act before they fully understand what they have encountered. In stories such as Derelict, he works within classic magazine science fiction while adding a strong sense of practical tension: what matters is not only the wonder of discovery, but the discipline, courage, and judgement required when discovery becomes dangerous.As both doctor and science fiction author, Nourse occupied a distinctive place in twentieth-century speculative literature. His stories remain valuable for readers of Golden Age and post-Golden Age science fiction, particularly those interested in space exploration, scientific problem-solving, medical SF, alien encounters, and the clean narrative drive of mid-century magazine fiction.


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  • ISBN-13: 9781515404330
  • Publisher: Positronic Publishing
  • Publisher Imprint: Positronic Publishing
  • Height: 229 mm
  • No of Pages: 26
  • Returnable: N
  • Spine Width: 2 mm
  • Weight: 104 gr
  • ISBN-10: 1515404331
  • Publisher Date: 09 Feb 2016
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Language: English
  • Returnable: N
  • Returnable: N
  • Sub Title: A Positronic Book
  • Width: 152 mm


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