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*[http://www.gutenberg.org/files/29643/29643-h/29643-h.htm Text of the story at Project Gutenberg] | *[http://www.gutenberg.org/files/29643/29643-h/29643-h.htm Text of the story at Project Gutenberg] | ||
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Latest revision as of 10:04, 3 November 2017
Pop singer mentioned in Walter M. Miller Jr.'s classic sci-fi short story "Death of a Spaceman" (1954). The titular spaceman's wife sings one of Farran's songs:
"O moon whereo'er the clouds fly,
Beyond the willow tree,
There is a ramblin' space guy
I wish you'd save for me.
"Mare Tranquillitatis,
O dark and tranquil sea,
Until he drops from heaven,
Rest him there with thee ..."