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Above It All.(short story)(Short Story)
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Canadian Fiction Magazine
- Article date:
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January 1, 2000
- Author:
- SAWYER, ROBERT J.
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Copyright informationCOPYRIGHT 2000 Canadian Fiction Magazine. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan. All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)
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RHYMES WITH FEAR.
The words echoed in Colonel Paul Rackham's head as he floated in Discovery's airlock, the bulky Manned Maneuvering Unit clamped to his back. Air was being pumped out; cold vacuum was forming around him.
Rhymes with fear.
He should have said no, should have let McGovern or one of the others take the spacewalk instead. But Houston had suggested that Rackham do it, and to demur, he'd have needed to state a reason.
Just a dead body, he told himself. Nothing to be afraid of.
There was a time when a military man couldn't have avoided seeing death -- but Rackham had just been finishing high school during Desert Storm. Sure, as a test pilot, ...