On Feb 1, 11:18=A0am, Cam T <cam.tur...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> Hello All,
>
> I'm new here. One of my blog readers posed a question to me two weeks
> ago, and it seems to have stumped my entire (meager) reader****p. Can
> you help me help him? I've been Googling my heart out but I just don't
> have enough to go on. Maybe this will trigger someone's memory.
>
> Here is the meat of the question:
>
> "Has anyone there ever read a time paradox story about a young man who
> is shanghaied by a star freighter, returning to earth years later to
> find earth and his sweetheart are somewhat the worse for wear? I must
> have read this worn novella in the early 1970's."
>
> Not I, though it sounds like I'd love it! At first I thought of
> Heinlein, but having read almost all of them I couldn't think of one
> that fit. When I pressed him for more details, I got this spoiler
> filled response:
>
> "There was a multi-legged ****pmate whose species were born
> individually knowing the exact moment of their passing, and, I
> believe, that the shanghaied crewman eventually becomes the captain,
> and repeats the cycle by shanghaiing another poor soul."
>
> Can anyone help me? I'd like to read this book too!
The author is L. Ron Hubbard, of Scientology fame. It was originally
published as a 2-part serial in Astounding Science Fiction in January
and February of 1950 under the title "To the Stars". It has been
published as a book under the original title and also under the title
"Return to Tomorrow".
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