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Short Story

Chains of Air, Web of Aether

1980

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About this story

Two isolated settlers on a distant planet are drawn together when one becomes seriously ill. Their uneasy relationship explores the obligations people owe one another when solitude has become a way of life.

Chronology

Work history

  1. 1979

    Composed 1979

    Composition date or range from the canonical chronology.

  2. Jul 9, 1979

    Received by Scott Meredith Literary Agency

    Jul 9, 1979

  3. 1980

    First published 1980

    Stellar 5 · Del Rey

  4. Incorporated into The Divine Invasion

    Story served as the basis for the first few chapters of The Divine Invasion.

    The Divine Invasion

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Genealogy

  • Basis forThe Divine InvasionChains of Air, Web of Aether served as the basis for the first chapters of The Divine Invasion.