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Short Story

The Gun

1952

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About this story

Explorers approaching an apparently lifeless planet are shot down by an automated gun. Searching the ruins for a way to escape, they encounter a defense system that has outlasted the civilization it protects.

Chronology

Work history

  1. before May 1952

    Composed before May 1952

    Composition date or range from the canonical chronology.

    Medium confidence
  2. Sep 1952

    First published Sep 1952

    Planet Stories