Abercrombie Station-Jack Vance novella
Abercrombie Station - Jack Vance novella Abercrombie Station is a 59/62/63 page novella that was initially published in February, 1952 in Thrilling Wonder Stories. This is one of the few Vance works that has a woman as the main character. Jean Parlier is an attractive, vivacious, charismatic, clever sixteen year old girl who is also tough minded, very independent and street smart. Jean is encouraged by a mysterious man to obtain a job as a housekeeper at the home of a wealthy man, Earl Abercrombie , on a private satellite which he owns called Abercrombie Station. This is one of twenty two resort satellites. Abercrombie is unmarried and has some terminal medical condition. The plan is for Jean to marry Abercrombie and then, after he dies, to obtain two million dollars from the mysterious coconspirator who recruited her to do this. Jean is a " gravity girl " from Earth, however, and the satellite she visits has no gravity and also has a muc...