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The Upside-Down Captain

By Jim Harmon

(3.5 stars) • 10 reviews

A space-faring ethnologist must outwit a captain obsessed with a cybernetic brain before their ship is lost in the vast unknown.

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2019-12-02
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Summary

"The Upside-Down Captain" by Jim Harmon is a science fiction tale set on the spaceship "Gorgon," where newcomer Ben Starbuck, an ethnologist, finds himself amidst a crew and a captain spiraling into unique madness. Starbuck, more academic than astronaut, seeks research for his thesis but instead uncovers the truth behind Captain Birdsel’s strange behavior. Under the sway of a cybernetic brain meant to discover new worlds, the captain drifts further from reality, jeopardizing the ship and its crew. Starbuck is thrown into a conflict to save them all, grappling with cosmic exploration's funny yet dangerous aspects, ultimately challenging the captain’s control to bring the "Gorgon" home in this suspenseful and imaginative story.

About the Author

James Judson Harmon, better known as Jim Harmon, was an American short story author and popular culture historian who wrote extensively about the Golden Age of Radio. He sometimes used the pseudonym Judson Grey, and occasionally he was labeled Mr. Nostalgia.

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