Xeelee short story

The Chop Line

by Stephen Baxter

Release: December 2003
Format: Short Story
Genre: Science Fiction
Audience: Adults
Content: Definite Time Travel
Original Language: English

In the future wars between man and Xeelee, Ensign Daxx meets the time-traveling future Captain Dakk who must try the younger Dakk for the future crime of disobeying orders in a combat situation.

I don’t know many captains, but she immediately recognized me.

DEBUT

“The Chop Line,” in Asimov’s Science Fiction, December 2003.

VARIANTS

1 English variant

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Groupings

Xeelee (story series): short story

TIME TRAVEL ITINERARY: We haven’t yet mapped out the time travel itinerary.

ITTDB Work #2443: by Stephen Baxter
Indexer: not yet assigned
Curator: Michael Main
as of 2:02 a.m. MDT, 6 May 2024
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