A spaceship with three crew, intercepts a signal and traces it to a small planet. The captain and one crew member go to investigate, despite hostility from the navigator who remains aboard. On the planet a deep chasm is discovered, but after descending, the captain realises that one of their oxygen bottles has been tampered with.
Story appears to be a thriller, but shifts into more thought provoking territory and there are some positives here, but the unsatisfying ending and general naivety of style bring things back to earth with a bump and make this a filler at best.
Overall:- 5/10
Included in:-
New Writings in SF-17 edited by John Carnell (20 pages)
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