Redemption Cairn

by Stanley G. Weinbaum

This is a science fiction short story that tells the story of Jack Sands, a spaceship pilot. Kratska, his former co-pilot forgot to mention a few things and mentioned a few others that weren't true during a run. As a result, Jack is tagged yellow, and out of the job. His friend Captain Harris Henshaws offers him a job, as a pilot under him on Interplanetary's new Europa expedition. Harris informs him that Stefan Coretti, a physical chemist, Ivor Gogrol, a biologist, and Claire Avery, the Golden Flash, are the scientific personnel of the expedition. When suspicious-appearing incidents keep cropping up to make him feel like a stranger or an outcast, Jack begins to suspect something is up with the expedition when he realizes he is the only one on the team who has no idea what it was.

Genres: Science Fiction

41 pages, Kindle Edition

First published April 15, 1936

About the author

Full name: Stanley Grauman Weinbaum.

"In his short career, Stanley G. Weinbaum revolutionized science fiction. We are still exploring the themes he gave us." —Poul Anderson

"Stanley G. Weinbaum's name deserves to rank with those of Wells and Heinlein—and no more than a handful of others—as among the great shapers of modern science fiction." —Frederik Pohl