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BRIGHTNESS FALLS FROM THE AIR
James Tiptree, Jr.

Dedication
To Steven Lipsius, MD, former ace battle surgeon in fact as well as in fiction; a humane healer among
the throng of androids with MDs—and a friend without whom there would have been little brightness and
less air.


Author's Note
Some readers will be interested to know that at time of writing (1983), the vastly attenuated
nova-front of an exploded star, like the one in our story, was reported to be passing through the Solar
system and our Earth.


Acknowledgment
The events narrated here took place in the First Star Age of Man, when Galactic was the virtually
universal tongue. All credit for back-translation into what is believed to be an antique idiom of Earth,
circa 1985 Local, must go to my esteemed colleague in the Department of Defunct Languages, Rigel
University, Dr. Raccoona Sheldon, along with my profound personal gratitude.


CONTENTS
I. NOVA MINUS 20 HOURS: All Out at Damiem
II. NOVA MINUS 19 HOURS: Meetings
III. NOVA MINUS 12 HOURS: First View
IV. NOVA MINUS 11 HOURS: Abominations of Old Days
V. NOVA MINUS 10 HOURS: Linnix of Benebom
VI. NOVA MINUS 6 HOURS: Zannez Worries
VII. NOVA MINUS 5 HOURS: Cory's Wiring
VIII. HOLDING: Lady Loma's Ride
IX. NOVA MINUS 3 HOURS: Kip in the Dark
X. NOVA MINUS 2 HOURS: Doctor Ochter Reports
XI. 30 MINIM TO CONTACT: The Royal Eglantine
XII. CONTACT: Kip Remembers
XIII. NOVA ONSET: Alien Eruption
XIV. THE NOVA GROWS: Algotoxin
XV. NOVA MAX: Under Control
XVI. STARSTORM: Baramji Summons the Dead
 XVII. THE GRIDWORLD WAY
XVIII. STARFIRE PASSING
XIX. ON THE RAMP
XX. TO THE SUNRISE
XXI. STAR'S SONG
XXII. GREEN, GO
APPENDIX: Cast of Characters and Glossary of Terms, Titles, Places, and Things