TY  - BOOK
AU  - Bradley,Marion Zimmer
AU  - Schomburg,Alex
TI  - Jackie sees a star
T2  - Produced from Fantastic Universe September 1954
AV  - PS 
PY  - 2024///
CY  - Salt Lake City, UT
PB  - Project Gutenberg
KW  - Science fiction
KW  - Short stories
KW  - Boys -- Fiction
KW  - Human-alien encounters -- Fiction
KW  - Telepathy -- Fiction
KW  - Supernovae -- Fiction
N1  - Release date is 2024-07-28; Greg Weeks, Mary Meehan and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net; Originally published; United States: King-Size Publications, Inc., 1954
N2  - "Jackie Sees a Star" by Marion Zimmer Bradley is a short story written in the mid-20th century. This imaginative tale focuses on the worldview of a young boy named Jackie, who believes he has a psychic connection with an extraterrestrial friend named Mig, living on a planet near a sun that is about to explode. The story navigates themes of childhood innocence, scientific curiosity, and the intersection of imagination and reality.  The narrative follows Jackie as he engages with his aunt Dorothy and his mother, Beth, regarding his fantastical friend Mig. Initially dismissed as mere imaginative play, Jackie's claims take on a surreal quality after a true astronomical event—a supernova—occurs on the very date promised by him. As scientists and outsiders become fascinated with Jackie's abilities, his life becomes increasingly complicated, leading to challenges in his everyday life and relationships. The story ultimately explores the pressures placed on children who are seen as extraordinary, juxtaposed with the simplicity and purity of a child's wonders about the universe. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
UR  - https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/74144
ER  -