Neutron Tide

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Short story by Arthur C. Clarke

"Neutron Tide"

Short story by Arthur C. Clarke
Country| United Kingdom
Language| English
Genre(s)| Science fiction
Publication
Published in| Galaxy Science Fiction
Publication date| May, 1970

"Neutron Tide" is a short story by British writer Arthur C. Clarke, first published in 1970 in Galaxy Science Fiction.[1] It is among his shortest pieces of writing, consisting solely of a 2-page, detailed description of a futuristic scenario in order to use a pun as a punch-line, a play on the title of "The Star-Spangled Banner", the United States' national anthem. The story was reprinted later in the 1978 Starlord summer special.

## Plot summary

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A space battleship flies too close to the gravitational field of a neutron star, and is subsequently torn to bits by the high tidal forces. A military commander reporting on this states that the only identifiable piece of debris was a mangled spanner.

## See also

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* Neutron stars in fiction
* Feghoot – A short story designed to end with a pun

## References

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1. ^ "Neutron Tide". isfdb.org; Internet Speculative Fiction Database. Al von Ruff and the ISFDB team.

## External links

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* Neutron Tide title listing at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database

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