LiteratureIn the Walls of Eryx
In the Walls of Eryx records a human crystal prospector’s entrapment in an invisible Venusian labyrinth. His detailed observations cannot prevent his supplies and strength from running out, and his changing judgment of the planet’s inhabitants is rejected by the company that finds him. The story combines an engineering puzzle with a critique of the assumptions behind extraction and conquest.
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