História curta da Nebulosa do Caranguejo de 1960s ou '70s

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An alien, though human like, race escapes from their dying world on a FTL ship and land on Earth in prehistory, settling peaceably and mating with the natives (possibly in Ancient Egypt). The story post script has a Chinese astronomer witnessing the 1054 Crab Nebula supernova and proclaiming it as a portent of miracles - the text says the miracle is already here and lies in seven of his genes.

I thought it might be an Arthur C Clarke story, but I can't find it amongst his output. I read the story in 1976.

por Michael C Preço 14.07.2019 / 07:45

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"...And All the Stars a Stage" de James Blish.

1086 A.D.: A sudden glare of light in the constellation later called Taurus. The Chinese astronomer T'ang Yaou-Shun marks it down: A new and marvelous star, portending miracles.
But the miracle has already happened. It sleeps inside Yaou-Shun, in twelve of his genes.

At one point, the serial was scheduled to be retitled CRAB NEBULA for its book reprint publication (but this did not happen). See esta fonte.

14.07.2019 / 11:19