Keys to December
Language: English
Published: Aug 1, 1966
Date Read:
Nov 1, 1998
Form:
Short Story
Pages:
34
Read Status:
read
Word Count:
8661
Book Details
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Description:
Jarry is a man, and a very talented man, but he looks like an ocelot without a tail, and minus 50 Celsius is the most comfortable temperature for him. The planet, for life on which it was modified, died in a supernova flame, and 28 thousand of the same individuals were left out of work. They could not live under normal conditions, and therefore they happily moved to the purchased planet. To correct the climate, Planet changers were installed and the members of the December Club went into hibernation awaiting the onset of an acceptable climate.
26,000 humans, genetically engineered for an extremely cold and harsh planet, are left in the lurch when the planet's star goes nova, leaving them with the challenge of finding or creating an alternate place to live.