Procrustes
Author:
Publication date:
1993-11
Publication type:
Novella
Published:
Bridging the Galaxies
Setting:
Known Space
I.U.C.:
K.S. 29 (2654)
Characters:
Beowulf Shaeffer;
Sharrol;
Feather Filip;
Carlos Wu
Summary:
Spaceship pilot Beowulf Shaeffer wakes up hungry, on a deserted island on a strange planet. His last memory is of being shot in the chest with a powerful weapon, but he's alive, thanks to a miraculous autodoc. More than four months have passed, and his friends are nowhere to be found... and whose boots are those?
Notes:
Beowulf loses his head, but takes it surprisingly well
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