Ring Around the Sun (original) (raw)

Two cracker-jack test pilots nearly fail the test of a new experimental spaceship which can come closer to the Sun than any other.

Like "The Magnificent Possession,” this is an early attempt at humor which is very, very, very, very bad. It’s also an attempt at a series with a pair of intrepid heroes, something which Asimov would get to work with “Reason” and the Donovan and Powell stories—but there are no Turner and Snead stories other than this one for a very good reason.