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Starrigger
John DeChancie
 An Ace Science Fiction Book/published by arrangement with the author
PRINTING HISTORY
Ace Original/December 1983
All rights reserved. Copyright © 1983 by John DeChancie Cover art by James Gumey This book may not be reproduced in
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For Holly, who stood by me through the Seven Lean Years
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I FIRST PICKED her up on Tau Ceti n. At least I’m fairly sure that was the first time. Depends on
how you look at it.
She was last in the usual line of starhikers thumbing near the Skyway on-ramp to the Epsilon Eridani
aperture. Tall, with short dark hair, wearing a silver Allclyme survival suit that tried to hide her figure
but ultimately failed, she was demurely holding her UV parasol up against Tau’s eyenarrowing glare,
her thumb cocked downroad in that timeless gesture. She was smiling irresistibly, confidently, knowing
damn well she’d get scooped up by the first male driver whose endocrine system was on line that day.
Mine was, and she knew that too. “What d’you think?” I asked Sam. He usually had opinions on these
matters. “A skyhooker?”
He scanned her for a microsecond or two. “Nab. Too pretty.”