Conquest Over Time

Michael Shaara (1928 - 1988)

Pat Travis, a spacer renowned for his luck, is suddenly quite out of it. His job is to beat his competitors to sign newly-Contacted human races to commercial contracts...

But what can he do when he finds he's on a planet that consults astrology for literally every major decision - and he has arrived on one of the worst-aspected days in history?

Michael Shaara, later to write the Pulitzer-winning novel "The Killer Angels", wrote this story for Fantastic Universe in 1956. (Summary by Mark F. Smith)

Genre(s): Science Fiction

Language: English

Section Chapter Reader Time
Play 01 1 - Section 1 Mark F. Smith
00:20:00
Play 02 2 - Section 2 Mark F. Smith
00:18:35
Play 03 3 - Section 3 Mark F. Smith
00:25:12
Play 04 4 - Section 4 Mark F. Smith
00:16:38