Science said it could not be, but there it was. And whoosh—look out—here it is again! Spaceship crews should be selected on the basis of their non-irritating qualities as individuals. No chronic complainers, no hypochondriacs, no bugs on cleanliness—particularly no one-man parties. I speak from bitter experience. Because on the first expedition to Mars, Hugh Allenby damned near drove us nuts with his puns.
The Holes Around Mars
Jerome Bixby
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Algis Budrys, Jerome Bixby
bookThe Science Fiction Archive #4
Fritz Leiber, Robert Sheckley, H. B. Fyfe, Jerome Bixby, Alan Nourse, Evelyn E. Smith, Rey Bertran
bookThe Science Fiction Omnibus #2 (Serapis Classics)
Mark Clifton, Alex Apostolides, C. M. Kornbluth, Jerome Bixby, Russell Burton, Walter Bupp, Raymond Jones, Arthur Feldman, Murray Leinster, Allan Danzig, Bradner Buckner, Stephen Barr, Mack Reynolds, Milton Lesser, Sterner Meek, Frank Banta, Frank Herbert, H. Beam Piper, Francis Stevens, Fritz Leiber, James Schmitz, Robert Abernathy
bookThe Slizzers
Jerome Bixby
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