A boy finds his own dreams in helping fulfill those of a retired aerospace engineer.
A Jim Baen Memorial Award finalist and Tangent Online Starred Recommendation
First published in Analog Science Fiction & Fact.
"Hugo Worthy" - SFRevu
"This story really reached me. It lives in the zone somewhere between Bradbury’s Dandelion Wine, Hickam’s Rocket Boys, and Heinlein’s Requiem... I felt myself pulled through time as a story that could have been set back in the 50s or 60s slowly moved forward... The effect was like the world expanding, and also growing brighter and less sepia..."
“It's not often that I'm moved to tears by a story about rocket science.” - Reader