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[msmemory_archive]

14. The Cold Equations, by Tom Godwin.
(Hi tiellan!) More noble heroic brilliant (white, American) males.
Actually turned in 6/15 but I'm behind on LJ again.

Edit: To those of you (below) who've asked -- it's an anthology of Godwin stories, the centerpiece of which is the tragic story you're thinking of.

Comments

[siderea]

I know a "The Cold Equations" which is a short story. Is this that?

[oakleaf-mirror.livejournal.com]

That's the title of a classic SF short story. Pretty grim.

[ian-gunn.livejournal.com]

That story always stuck in my mind.

Cold Equations

[cellio]

Let me see if I can ask without revealing spoilers: stowaway on a spacecraft? If so, thanks -- I've heard of the story but didn't have an author and didn't know where it was anthologized. I'd like to read it.

Re: Cold Equations

[msmemory.livejournal.com]

Yes, that's the one.
The anthology will be out from Baen in late summer/early fall.

Re: Cold Equations

[alexx-kay.livejournal.com]

It's been anthologized a *lot*. Far and away the most popular/famous story the author wrote. But then, I've got a particular sub-hobby of collecting "best of" collections, so I naturally tend to see the good stories show up in multiple books :-)