description: The award-winning science fiction novelette from award-winning writer Brad R. Torgersen. "Outbound" first appeared in the pages of Analog Science Fiction and Fact Magazine, going on to earn the praise of readers and authors alike. Bestseller Dean Wesley Smith said, "[a] great story in Analog. That rocked me. Wonderful science fiction at its best. Well done." Dr. Jonathan Vos Post said, "Deeply human, fiercely envisioned, metaphysical and physical, tragic and yet filled with hope. This is an astonishingly mature and profound work of fiction." The story eventually went on to win the Analog Analytical Laboratory ("AnLab") Readers' Choice award for its category, 2011.
title: Outbound