Weird Space 2: Satan's Reach
Weird Space 2: Satan's Reach
“As the docking ring clamped around the ship, making it clang like a struck bell, Harper and Zeela stood on the flight-deck and stared through the viewscreen.
“I’ve never seen anything like it,” Zeela said. “What’s that stuff falling through the air?”
“It’s called snow,” he said. “Frozen rain.” He smiled at her wondrous expression. “But then you’ve always lived on warm planets, haven’t you?”
She nodded absently. “I’ve never been cold in my life. I’ve read about it, of course.”
“Then you’re in fo...r an interesting experience. Fortunately I have enough suitable clothing for both of us.”
The city of Stromgard and its adjacent spaceport sat in the middle of a vast plain that extended for thousands of kilometres in every direction. To north, south, east and west the icy wilderness was broken only by the occasional town and village. Harper wondered what kind of hardy soul would voluntarily sequester themselves so far from civilisation, and in conditions so inimical to human life.MoreLess
“I’ve never seen anything like it,” Zeela said. “What’s that stuff falling through the air?”
“It’s called snow,” he said. “Frozen rain.” He smiled at her wondrous expression. “But then you’ve always lived on warm planets, haven’t you?”
She nodded absently. “I’ve never been cold in my life. I’ve read about it, of course.”
“Then you’re in fo...r an interesting experience. Fortunately I have enough suitable clothing for both of us.”
The city of Stromgard and its adjacent spaceport sat in the middle of a vast plain that extended for thousands of kilometres in every direction. To north, south, east and west the icy wilderness was broken only by the occasional town and village. Harper wondered what kind of hardy soul would voluntarily sequester themselves so far from civilisation, and in conditions so inimical to human life.MoreLess
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