That night the comet was the only thing in the whole sky. All the stars were smothered by the light of its copper-yellow flame, and, although the sun had set two hours ago, the Earth was lit as with the glow of a thunderous dawn. In Mayfield, Ken Maddox walked slowly along Main Street, avoiding collisions with other people whose eyes were fixed on the object in the sky. Ken had spent scores of hours observing the comet carefully, both by naked eye and with his 12-inch reflecting telescope. Still he could not keep from watching it as he picked his way along the street toward the post office.…mehr
That night the comet was the only thing in the whole sky. All the stars were smothered by the light of its copper-yellow flame, and, although the sun had set two hours ago, the Earth was lit as with the glow of a thunderous dawn. In Mayfield, Ken Maddox walked slowly along Main Street, avoiding collisions with other people whose eyes were fixed on the object in the sky. Ken had spent scores of hours observing the comet carefully, both by naked eye and with his 12-inch reflecting telescope. Still he could not keep from watching it as he picked his way along the street toward the post office. The comet had been approaching Earth for months, growing steadily to bigger proportions in the sky, but tonight was a very special night, and Mayfield was watching with increased awe and half-dread -- as were hundreds of thousands of other communities around the world. Tonight, the Earth entered the comet's tail, and during the coming winter would be swept continuously by its million-mile spread.
Raymond Fisher Jones (15 November 1915 24 January 1994) was a science fiction author from the United States. He is most known for his 1952 novel This Island Earth, which was made into the 1955 film of the same name. Jones was born in Salt Lake City, Utah, and has always been a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. In 1994, he died in Sandy, Utah. The majority of Jones' short fiction was published in publications such as Thrilling Wonder Stories, Astounding Stories, and Galaxy during the 1940s, 1950s, and 1960s. Between 1951 and 1978, he authored sixteen novels. His short tale "Rat Race," which initially appeared in the April 1966 edition of Analog Science Fiction and Fact, received a Hugo Award nomination. "Correspondence Course," which first appeared in the April 1945 issue of Astounding Stories, was nominated for a Retro Hugo award for best short story in 1996. Another short story, "The Alien Machine," which first appeared in the June 1949 issue of Thrilling Wonder Stories, was later combined with two other short stories, "The Shroud of Secrecy" and "The Greater Conflict," and expanded into the novel This Island Earth, which inspired the film of the same name.
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