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Angus Parvis, a spaceship pilot. Twenty- nine years old, slight, and fair-haired, Parvis arrives in confusion on Titan, a moon of Saturn, with a load of mining equipment. He discovers that his friend and teacher, Pirx, has become lost on a mission between two bases. Going out to rescue him, Parvis also becomes lost. He attempts to save himself from death by instantaneous freezing.

Mark Tempe, a spaceship pilot. Tempe may be either Angus Parvis or Pirx. He was found on Titan one hundred years after he was frozen, his body repaired and restored to life...

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