ISBN: 1927549108 9781927549100

Category: Fiction / Science Fiction / Alien Contact

Page count: 30

<p>No-one expects to find alien life in NGC 2419. But when the first probes encounter a dirty, industrial planet somewhere no human has gone, the race is on to be the first to welcome its inhabitants into the galactic community. Will it be two poker-playing starships, or <i>The Future</i>, for whom pretension is a vocation, not just a way of life?</p><p>A 5,500 word science fiction short story.</p>