In The Space Of Nine Lives

By R R Angell

Tom’s best friend, his schoolmates, and all his teachers on the interstellar ship exist in virtual reality. The only other living person on board is the Pilot, and Tom is being groomed to take his place, ensuring that the colonists in hibernation reach their destination planet after their centuries-long journey.

But after Pilot retires to his own hibernation, young Tom has a life-changing event that makes him question the mission’s purpose, and his own. Meanwhile, the ship seems to have its own agenda concerning a mysterious cloud of debris. Will Tom accept fate or choose his own destiny?

This novelette was first published in the January 2006 issue of Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine.

• Language: English
• Publisher: R R Angell
• Release date: Jul 25, 2019
• ISBN: 9781949532067

R R Angell

R. R. Angell is a queer writer (he/him) whose short fiction has been around for more than twenty years in literary and science fiction magazines and anthologies. Most notably: The Baltimore Review, Asimov’s Science Fiction, Chelsea Station, Best Date Ever: True Stories That Celebrate Gay Relationships, and in Frank M. Robinson’s memoir, Not So Good A Gay Man (afterward). His queer science fiction novel published in May 2019.

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