Rescue Party

by Arthur C. Clarke · 1946

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A spaceship crew from an advanced alien civilization notices that Earth faces imminent destruction as its sun begins to explode. With time rapidly ticking down, the crew desperately searches a now-desolate planet for any possible human survivors.

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This is a dramatisation of the very first short story written by one of the world's most prominent Science Fiction authors.

Originally published in Astounding (May, 1946).

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aliens and first contactaliens and first contactMore like thisLess of thisscience fictionscience fictionMore like thisLess of this
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adult
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