TY  - BOOK
AU  - Shedenhelm,William
AU  - McWilliams,Al
TI  - Patch
T2  - Produced from Planet Stories Fall 1950
AV  - PS 
PY  - 2020///
CY  - Salt Lake City, UT
PB  - Project Gutenberg
KW  - Science fiction
KW  - Short stories
KW  - Rescues -- Fiction
KW  - Space ships -- Fiction
N1  - Release date is 2020-12-01; Produced by Greg Weeks, Mary Meehan and the Online
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N2  - "Patch" by William Shedenhelm is a science fiction short story published in the early 1950s. The narrative revolves around the character Pop Gillette, an old space pilot who refuses to let modern automation replace his skills. Set in a future where space travel and automatic piloting are the norm, the story highlights themes of nostalgia for traditional roles and the impending risks of reliance on technology.  In the story, Pop Gillette is called to help with a distress signal from All-Planetary Liner Twelve, which has suffered damage and cannot land safely. Understanding the urgency of the situation, Pop offers his unique expertise and devises a creative solution using makeshift materials to patch the large hole in the ship's hull. His ingenuity shines through as he uses bedsheets as a mold to create a metal patch from frozen mercury, demonstrating both his pilot skills and adaptability. The narrative concludes with Pop's successful landing of the damaged liner, underscoring the importance of experience and lateral thinking in a world increasingly dominated by technology. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
UR  - https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/63934
ER  -