Actually, there is a science fiction story very similar to your opening section. I’m putting author and title in rot13 because the story got much of its effect because I read it under normal science fiction protocols. Surely humanity would eventually get into space—but it doesn’t and dies out. Well, then aliens will manage—but there aren’t any.
On the other hand, that’s just one story in a large field, and I think it’s only been reprinted once.
Actually, there is a science fiction story very similar to your opening section. I’m putting author and title in rot13 because the story got much of its effect because I read it under normal science fiction protocols. Surely humanity would eventually get into space—but it doesn’t and dies out. Well, then aliens will manage—but there aren’t any.
On the other hand, that’s just one story in a large field, and I think it’s only been reprinted once.
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