Sonny

by Rick Raphael

[...]your flabby hides hung like wallpaper in my room." By the time the platoon got back in the barracks after a five-mile walk around the perimeter of the post, Taps were sounding and the lights went out as soon as the men hit their bunks. The talking was over. Jed felt better after the pleasant walk in the night air. He decided Ma would be asleep anyway by this time. He turned his head into his pillow and was snoring in ten seconds.[...].

Genres: Science Fiction, Short Stories

32 pages, Paperback

First published December 31, 2009

Reviews

[Manuel Alfonseca · Rating 3 out of 5]

ENGLISH: Third of the four stories by Rick Raphael I downloaded from project Gutenberg after reading one of his stories ("Code three") included with the sci-fi anthology "The world turned upside down."

This story is short (about 15 pages long), published in 1963. The Russians are supposed to be sending astronauts to the Moon, but their effort is thwarted by a young telepathic country bumpkin from West Virginia.

ESPAÑOL: El tercero de los cuatro relatos de Rick Raphael que descargué del proyecto Gutenberg después de leer uno de sus cuentos ("Code three") que fue incluido en la antología de ciencia ficción "The world turned upside down".

Este cuento es corto (unas 15 páginas) y se publicó en 1963. Cuando los rusos van a enviar astronautas a la Luna, su intento es saboteado por un joven paleto telépata de la América profunda.

[Susan Molloy · Rating 5 out of 5]

Take a poor West Virginia hillbilly and draft him into the Army. Follow his adventures and see that unwittingly, the Army finds him to be a formidable weapon against the USSR (Union of Soviet Socialist Republics).

🔥Recommended.
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