Lester Del Rey - Sci Fi

https://theoviebooks.wordpress.com/ The Heroes' March was fitting for most spacemen. Somehow, though, if just didn't apply to a space-borne garbage man! He borrowed a raincape and went out across the field toward his ship. The rain was getting heavier, and the Mollyann was grunting and creaking in her pit as he neared her. The guying had been well enough done, however, and she was in no danger that he could see. He checked the pit gauges and records. She’d been loaded with a cargo of heavy machinery, and her stage tanks were fully fueled. At least, if he could get clearance, she was ready to go. She was the oldest ship on the field, but her friction-burned skin covered sound construction and he had supervised her last overhaul himself. Lester del Rey was born June 2, 1915 and died May 10, 1993. He was an American science fiction author and editor. He was the author of many books in the juvenile Winston Science Fiction series, and the editor at Del Rey Books, the fantasy and science fiction imprint of Ballantine Books, along with his fourth wife Judy-Lynn del Rey. In Public Domain First Published 1957 Ovi eBook Publishing 2024