The Green Hills of Earth
THE GREEN HILLS OF EARTH is a collection of short stories from one of the masters of science fiction who has held readers spellbound for over thirty years.
First published in 1951, this collection includes Delilah and the Space-Rigger, Space-Jockey, The Long Watch, Gentlemen Be Seated, The Black Pits of Luna, It's Great to Be Back, We Also Walk Dogs, Ordeal in Space, The Green Hills of Earth and Logic of Empire.
We pray for one last landing
On the globe that gave us birth,
Let us rest our eyes on fleecy skies,
And the cool green hills of Earth!
The arching sky is calling
Spacemen back to their trade.
All hands! Stand by! Free falling!
And the lights below us fade.
Out ride the sons of Terra,
Far drives the thundering jet,
Up leaps the race of Earthmen,
Out, far, and onward yet –
We've tried each spinning space mote
And reckoned its true worth:
Take us back again to the homes of men
On the cool, green hills of Earth.
Contents:
- Deliliah and the Space-Rigger
- Space Jockey
- The Long Watch
- Gentlemen, Be Seated
- The Black Pits of Luna
- It's Great to be Back
- We Also Walk Dogs
- Ordeal in Space
- The Green Hills of Earth
- Logic of Empire
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