Frank M. Robinson: Stories

The captain had learned to hate. It was his profession--and his personal reason for going on. But even hatred has to be channeled for its maximum use, and no truths exist forever.

Nothing could have seemed pleasanter than that peaceful planet. Then why was a non-suicidal man driven to suicide there? Yet it made sense.

Problem: How can you arrange marriages with men in one solar system, women in another--and neither willing to leave his own world?

Pioneers have always resented their wanderlust, hated their hardships. But the future brings a new grudge--when pioneers stay put and scholars do the exploring!

The humblest events sometimes result from the most grandiose beginnings. You'd never imagine space travel starting this way, for instance!