A Walk in the Sun (Masterplots II: Short Story Series, Revised Edition)
At a glance:
- Author: Geoffrey A. Landis
- First Published: 1991
- Type of Plot: Science fiction
- Time of Work: The near future
- Setting: The Moon
- Principal Characters: Trish Mulligan
- Genres: Short fiction
- Subjects: Future, Space flight or travel, Space ships, stations, or vehicles, Hope, Jealousy, envy, or resentment, Sisters, Death or dying, Abandonment, Moon or moons, Survival
- Locales: Moon
The Story
Moonshadow, never meant to be a landing vessel, crashes on the Moon. Trish Mulligan, the only survivor, tries the radio, but Earth is behind a mountain range. She inventories her assets: Her solar-powered vacuum suit works, and plenty of food packs remain unbroken. The lunar maps are gone, except for a small, global map that was meant to be used as an index to the others.
To call for help, Trish needs to get the radio and the three-foot antenna dish to a mountaintop with a view of Earth. Climbing is easy in the low gravity, but the dish is awkward to...
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