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The Highest Mountain
Bryce Walton (May 31, 1918 – February 5, 1988) was an American pulp fiction writer. Walton was born in Blythedale, Missouri, the son of Paul Dean Walton and Golda Powers. He held various jobs starting in 1938, and attended Los Angeles Junior College 1939–41. During World War II, he served as a navy correspondent. In 1945, he began a career as a freelance writer. He attended California State College from 1946 to 1947, then married photographer Ruth Arschinov on January 1, 1954. The couple had one daughter, Krissta Kay. He was credited as a writer for the TV serial Captain Video and His Video Rangers. In 1961, he won the Alfred Hitchcock Best Short Story award. He wrote three episodes of Alfred Hitchcock Presents, and two of his stories were adopted for the series, including "The Greatest Monster of Them All".
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Published January 17, 2016
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April 24, 2023
✔️Published in Galaxy Science Fiction, 1952 June.
🖊 My review: “First one up this tallest summit in the Solar System was a rotten egg ... a very rotten egg!” Punishment for a murder for the crew of the ship Mars V takes on different forms and Bruce, Jacobs, and Anhauser found that out in no time. It now was Bruce’s turn to stand in front of the seven judges. "Why did you shoot Doran?" Terrace asked. Bruce hestitated for a moment. "I didn't like him enough to take the nonsense he was handing me, and when he shot the—" Sentenced to life on the planet, climbing the highest mountain is the worst punishment of all. 🖋 The writing style is smooth and crisp. 💫 What I like best is the underlying theme of hopelessness and a longing. The 🔥 dénouement is bittersweet. Would I read this again? Yes, I would.
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🖊 My review: “First one up this tallest summit in the Solar System was a rotten egg ... a very rotten egg!” Punishment for a murder for the crew of the ship Mars V takes on different forms and Bruce, Jacobs, and Anhauser found that out in no time. It now was Bruce’s turn to stand in front of the seven judges. "Why did you shoot Doran?" Terrace asked. Bruce hestitated for a moment. "I didn't like him enough to take the nonsense he was handing me, and when he shot the—" Sentenced to life on the planet, climbing the highest mountain is the worst punishment of all. 🖋 The writing style is smooth and crisp. 💫 What I like best is the underlying theme of hopelessness and a longing. The 🔥 dénouement is bittersweet. Would I read this again? Yes, I would.
🤔 My rating 🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟
🟢 Media form: Project Gutenberg .
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🔸Dreams were supposed to be wishful thinking, primarily, but he couldn't live in them very long. His body would dry up and he would die. He had to stay awake enough to put a little energy back into himself. Of course, if he died and lost the dreams, there would be one compensation—he would also be free of Terrence and the rest of them who had learned that the only value in life lay in killing one's way across the Cosmos.
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August 28, 2025
Interesting. But equating the desire to climb mountains with genocidal tendencies is abominable!
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