Classic Short Science Fiction Stories · various

Measure for a Loner

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Stan Johnson describes finding solace in mountain solitude after his parents' death, watching 'the burning world shadow the bow of God.'
A historical psychologist is recruited by the government to find the loneliest man to pilot humanity's first interstellar ship. He identifies two candidates—one who calculated his isolation for glory, and one genuinely solitary after tragedy—only to discover the government's test is a cruel deception that may leave both men stranded in space.

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A dry, uncanny puzzle about loneliness measured like a military resource.

Measure for a Loner turns a military-flavored monologue into a sly science-fiction puzzle about loneliness as something that can be counted, tested, and used. Dr.

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A military report about the loneliest man in Space Force.

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