Beyond Apollo (Magill’s Guide to Science Fiction and Fantasy Literature)
At a glance:
- Author: Barry N. Malzberg
- First Published: 1972
- Type of Work: Novel
- Type of Plot: Science fiction—New Wave
- Time of Work: 1981
- Setting: A space capsule and a federal institution near Cape Canaveral, Florida
- Genres: Long fiction, Science fiction
- Subjects: Murder or homicide, Space ships, stations, or vehicles, 1980’s, Truth, Florida, Venus
- Locales: Cape Canaveral, FL
The Plot
Beyond Apollo tells the story of Harry M. Evans, the thirty-eight-year-old sole survivor of an ill-fated, two-man mission to Venus. Confined at a government institution near the Kennedy Space Complex in Florida, Evans is interrogated by Dr. Claude Forrest, a neurologist. The government wants to find out why the mission to Venus was aborted by one or two of the astronauts and what happened to the captain, whose body is missing. Evans’ response is to tell a different story of the events every time he is questioned. In the absence of hard evidence, Evans’...
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