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cyberghostface (cyberghostface) wrote in scans_daily,
@ 2009-10-05 18:40:00

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publisher: ec comics, title: weird science

He Walked Among Us

This story comes from Weird Science #13.

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	ar_feiniel_ 2009-10-06 02:16 am UTC (link)
	I'm disturbed by the fact that The Galactic Exploration Authority would drop someone off on a planet for 5 years without any central record keeping of the location. (Reply to this) (Thread)

	cyberghostface 2009-10-06 02:52 am UTC (link)
	There wouldn't be much of a story if they did. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	dr_hermes 2009-10-06 04:19 am UTC (link)
	Bill Gaines could have tweaked this a bit, where the main character was marooned or thown off a ship for mutiny or something. It's a small detail but it does detract from the story. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

psychop_rex
2009-10-06 08:59 am UTC (link)

It does make sense, though. It explains why he has such a large supply of food and medicine available, why he's there in the first place, how he's able to learn their language so quickly - he's trained in these sorts of things - and why he's selfless enough to help out the poor the way he does - he's a SCIENTIST, you know. (Cue 'Thus Spake Zarathustra'.) If he was a mutineer, he probably wouldn't have been given much in the way of supplies, and likely would have been slightly more selfish in his motives.

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	lieut_kettch 2009-10-06 05:48 am UTC (link)
	Might be at a point where FTL travel is possible, but FTL communication isn't. So the fastest way to inform the command structure would be to physically go there and tell them, or at least get in range of transmitter. (Reply to this) (Parent)

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