The trouble with Tycho
Prospecting on the moon was grim, dangerous, and usually unrewarding ... only most of the greenhorns who came to try didn't find out until after they got there. Chris Jackson was no exception. He had put everything he owned and could borrow into this, and he'd be ruined if he failed. His only chance meant going into Tycho — where three expeditions had already disappeared. He could try ... but would he come out again?
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Clifford D. Simak
Clifford Donald Simak (August 3, 1904 – April 25, 1988) was an American science fiction writer. He won three Hugo Awards and one Nebula Award.The Science Fiction Writers of America made him its third SFWA Grand Master,[4] and the Horror Writers Association made him one of three inaugural winners of the Bram Stoker Award for Lifetime Achievement.[5] He is associated with the pastoral science fiction subgenre.