Into The Sun

by Robert Duncan Milne

An imaginative and influential short story from an early contributor to the science fiction genre An insight into early science fiction, full of marvelous imagination and rare scientific genius reaching far beyond the author's time. A comet approaching the Sun causes a tremendous solar explosion, with horrific consequences for Earth and its people. In San Francisco, as daylight, and the Sun’s dangerous rays approach, the scientist who predicted the collision and the narrator attempt escape in a balloon.

Genres: Short Stories, Science Fiction, Apocalyptic

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About the author

Robert Duncan Gordon Milne

Reviews

[Heena Rathore Rathore-Pardeshi · Rating 4 out of 5]

A nice short story on the apocalyptic theme. The story started out slowly, but picked up the pace once the background concept was set. The ending was good and felt real and I was pleasantly surprised by it as I wasn't expecting it at all (I guess reading Jules Verne's stories makes you believe that anything is possible :\)
I liked the descriptions quite a lot as they were simple yet effective. The writing was better than most of the other classic science-fiction books that belong to the same era.
I'd recommend this to anyone who likes classic science-fiction stories (with all the brain-numbing science and the chatter that makes you want to die - just kidding.)

[Amy · Rating 4 out of 5]

Really enjoyed this. It's a bit like a nuclear holocaust dystopia, from before humans knew what nuclear was. It suffered from the same two dimensional characters and boring set up that a lot of sort sci-fi stories from this time period do, but the pay off was well worth it.

[Matthew Bee · Rating 3 out of 5]

Every old science fiction short story reads like a twilight zone episode.

“What if a meteor hit the sun and made it hotter and the earth burned up. And these two guys hopped into a hot air balloon and dumped alcohol on their heads to stay cool. Then everyone died. Wouldn’t that be messed up?”

[Andrew · Rating 3 out of 5]

5/10

[Clare S-B · Rating 4 out of 5]

Interesting, short, and with an ending similar to those of Arthur C. Clarke's stories. I could imagine it all vividly.

[Satja · Rating 2 out of 5]

Be weary that I am not much for world ending events as a concept. This story however was short enough to consume and concider as a read. The issue I ended up having with it is the utter methodical way with which the protagonist is experiencing these world ending events. It was as if the science behind these events was more important than surviving or experiencing them. It ended up making me not care about the fate of these people and the ending being wholly unimpactfull as a result.

[Camila · Rating 3 out of 5]

Harto detalle científico, es un escritor que voy a seguir leyendo.

[Craigjtmp · Rating 5 out of 5]

Good old Sci Fi story.

[Burn After Reading · Rating 2 out of 5]

The descriptiveness of this story was so spot on that I could see the entire scene played out before my own eye. What a very terrifying apocalyptic story