{"_id":"6801a3f1e61f42437078ed39","title":"The Cold Equations","author":"Tom Godwin","code":"the-cold-equations","publish_year":1954,"publish_source":"Astounding Science Fiction","publish_edition":"Vol. 53, No. 6","publish_scan":"https://archive.org/details/Astounding_v53n06_1954-08_Sirius-Starhome/page/n59/mode/2up","words":10004,"image":"earth.jpg","image_alt":"earth. Graphite filter","genres":["sci-fi","tragedy"],"description":"The pilot of a small rocket ship sent to deliver lifesaving supplies to a planet finds a stowaway whose extra weight could crash the ship.","blurb":"To him and her brother and parents she was a sweet-faced girl in her teens; to the laws of nature she was x, the unwanted factor in a cold equation.","rating":5,"unique_cover":"Drawing of a man pulling a letter out of his jacket.","cover_source":true,"has_review":false,"has_collections":[{"code":"choice","title":"Librarian’s Picks","collection_type":"static"}]}