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The Happy Herd

by Bryce Walton

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A seasoned physicist has spent sixteen solitary years aboard a drifting space station, his only companions the hum of machinery and the memory of his late wife, Helen. When the dwindling space program finally reaches out with a cryptic warning about a looming danger at the La Guardia pits, he must decide whether to remain in his isolated orbit or return to a world that has moved on without him.

Back on Earth, the scientist carries a briefcase of revolutionary notes that could upend the prevailing view of entropy, while navigating a society that treats his reappearance with a mix of curiosity and suspicion. As he steps into the fog‑filled streets of New York, a mysterious liaison in a light‑blue uniform greets him, hinting at both new alliances and lingering uncertainties. The story balances the yearning for personal connection with the weight of a potentially world‑changing discovery, inviting listeners to wonder how far one will go for love, knowledge, and the chance to rewrite the future.

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Language

en

Duration

~1 hours (63K characters)

Publisher of text edition

Project Gutenberg

Credits

Produced by Greg Weeks, Mary Meehan and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net

Release date

2019-05-23

Rights

Public domain in the USA.

About the author

Bryce Walton

Bryce Walton

1918–1988

A hard-working pulp writer with a gift for suspense, adventure, and strange ideas, he moved easily between science fiction, television, and mystery. His stories helped shape mid-century popular fiction, from magazine racks to early TV screens.

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