Short story about a ship in deep space that meets a spaceship made of anti-matter
I'm trying to find the title (and author) of a short story I read in the 90s, but it's probably from the Golden Age of science fiction.
The story is about a ship in deep space that discovers its trajectory intersects perfectly with the trajectory of another spaceship--an astronomically unlikely coincidence. The main character is a man from the ship who has a hard time making friends. He gets in touch with a woman on the other ship who seems remarkably similar to himself (she also has a hard time making friends). The two communicate by radio and are hopeful that they can start a relationship. The story ends with the discovery that the other ship is made of "anti-matter," and so the two ships--and the two characters--can never physically interact with each other. The two ships then go their separate ways.
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I'm trying to find the title (and author) of a short story I read in the 90s, but it's probably from the Golden Age of science fiction.
The story is about a ship in deep space that discovers its trajectory intersects perfectly with the trajectory of another spaceship--an astronomically unlikely coincidence. The main character is a man from the ship who has a hard time making friends. He gets in touch with a woman on the other ship who seems remarkably similar to himself (she also has a hard time making friends). The two communicate by radio and are hopeful that they can start a relationship. The story ends with the discovery that the other ship is made of "anti-matter," and so the two ships--and the two characters--can never physically interact with each other. The two ships then go their separate ways.
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Hi, welcome to SF&F! This is a nice question, but in case there might be a few more details you can remember, you should check out the suggestions. Do you recall if you read this in a magazine or an anthology? Do you remember what the cover looked like?
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I'm trying to find the title (and author) of a short story I read in the 90s, but it's probably from the Golden Age of science fiction.
The story is about a ship in deep space that discovers its trajectory intersects perfectly with the trajectory of another spaceship--an astronomically unlikely coincidence. The main character is a man from the ship who has a hard time making friends. He gets in touch with a woman on the other ship who seems remarkably similar to himself (she also has a hard time making friends). The two communicate by radio and are hopeful that they can start a relationship. The story ends with the discovery that the other ship is made of "anti-matter," and so the two ships--and the two characters--can never physically interact with each other. The two ships then go their separate ways.
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I'm trying to find the title (and author) of a short story I read in the 90s, but it's probably from the Golden Age of science fiction.
The story is about a ship in deep space that discovers its trajectory intersects perfectly with the trajectory of another spaceship--an astronomically unlikely coincidence. The main character is a man from the ship who has a hard time making friends. He gets in touch with a woman on the other ship who seems remarkably similar to himself (she also has a hard time making friends). The two communicate by radio and are hopeful that they can start a relationship. The story ends with the discovery that the other ship is made of "anti-matter," and so the two ships--and the two characters--can never physically interact with each other. The two ships then go their separate ways.
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Hi, welcome to SF&F! This is a nice question, but in case there might be a few more details you can remember, you should check out the suggestions. Do you recall if you read this in a magazine or an anthology? Do you remember what the cover looked like?
– DavidW
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Hi, welcome to SF&F! This is a nice question, but in case there might be a few more details you can remember, you should check out the suggestions. Do you recall if you read this in a magazine or an anthology? Do you remember what the cover looked like?
– DavidW
8 mins ago
Hi, welcome to SF&F! This is a nice question, but in case there might be a few more details you can remember, you should check out the suggestions. Do you recall if you read this in a magazine or an anthology? Do you remember what the cover looked like?
– DavidW
8 mins ago
Hi, welcome to SF&F! This is a nice question, but in case there might be a few more details you can remember, you should check out the suggestions. Do you recall if you read this in a magazine or an anthology? Do you remember what the cover looked like?
– DavidW
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Hi, welcome to SF&F! This is a nice question, but in case there might be a few more details you can remember, you should check out the suggestions. Do you recall if you read this in a magazine or an anthology? Do you remember what the cover looked like?
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