First published as “I’ll Not Ask for Wine” in Maclean’s, January 1, 1950.
The following chapter, “Ylla”, moves the story to Mars.
Who is Ylla? She is a Martian woman trapped in an unromantic marriage. She dreams of the coming astronauts through telepathy. Her husband, though he pretends to deny her dreams are real, becomes bitterly jealous, sensing his wife’s inchoate romantic feelings for one of the astronauts.
He kills the two-man expedition, astronauts Nathaniel York and one simply called Bert, as soon as they arrive.
A 1997 edition of the book advances all the dates by 31 years from 1999 to 2030.
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Jimmie Aaron Kepler is a full-time writer.
He was born in San Antonio, Texas, to a career military father and stay at home mother. He lived in six states and attended eight different schools before graduating high school. He earned a Bachelor of Arts in History with minors in English and Military Science from The University of Texas at Arlington, Master of Arts and Master of Religious Education degrees from Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary, as well as the Doctor of Education degree.
Before writing full-time, he worked as a US Army officer for 10-years, religious educator for 18-years, and as an IT software application engineer for over 20-years. He is a widower. He lives in North Texas with his cat Lacey.
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First published as “I’ll Not Ask for Wine” in Maclean’s, January 1, 1950.
