This is a science fiction short story by Edward Elmer Smith ("Doc
Smith") and illustrated by van Dongen. 'There has always been, and will
always be, the problem of surviving the experience that any trained
expert can handle ... when there hasn't been any first survivor to be an
expert! When no one has ever gotten back to explain what happened....'
This work is part of our Vintage Sci-Fi Classics Series, a series in
which we are republishing some of the best stories in the genre by some
of its most acclaimed authors, such as Isaac Asimov, Marion Zimmer
Bradley, and Robert Sheckley. Each publication is complete with a short
introduction to the history of science fiction.