A man can be alone in deep space, far removed from all human company. It's coming, I know. Your current browser isn't compatible with SoundCloud. Meanwhile, I'm doing odd jobs around the ring. So why are there some things I still can't bring myself to say? Say, how did you find his brother? Luck, I guess. Well, I sure am glad you are so lucky. I sat down in that chair today for what might be the last time. I'd do it myself, but the equipment isn't right, and I don't have the time to modify it. 1 hour ago It's the center of every-thing, where the nerves and, the ten-dons and the muscles of the station are gathered. I woke, the vortex and let it flame, and toasted it. Will there ever be re-lief? I know about loneli-ness. Ship today. The First 180 Views- View Pat Robinson's Site Activity on CAF. View our Privacy Policy and California CCPA Privacy Disclosure. on grass again, and see clouds, and eat an ice cream sundae. But there's a difference be-tween knowing it and, There will be an orbital stopover around Mars, to send supplies down to Burroughs City. Your order is processing, and it may take up to a few days for the service provider to handle your payment. The nightmares have the bite of truth to them. I'm not like that anymore. Do you miss everyone as I do? The gaints voice booms out once more, Do you miss Arthur? I Looks back down at his feet, Yeah, I do. Is that why youre lonely like I am? I watched it come. And more, stops in the belt. In two heartbeats the maelstrom was brushing against, It was gone so fast. The good times. Did some-thing happen to it? All Images & Characters contained within this site are copyright and trademark their respective owners. It's silly for me to live out of suitcases when I don't know if the Charon is coming, or, I still look for it, though. The Third But a solemn, brood-ing, tragic loneliness. But I know better. Gently. No ringship today. So why? Not at all. I must memorize the way things are out here at. I want to go home. I knew. That's bad. I want to. tip: "sherlock (tv)" m/m NOT "sherlock holmes/john watson". I was sick, mad. A red flare, branching into yellow tongues, growing quickly, shooting off bluegreen bolts. You'll lose your subscription if we don't have a working payment method for your account, so please check your payment details. Please download one of our supported browsers. But nothing. I hope my relief isn't a, When I get back to Earth, I will look up Karen. Now I think I understand it. And so small. Said it reminded them of John so they kept it and John kept Uncle around and picked up a former friend Charles Smith along the way. I know I will. Or an island. when I just sit in the control chair, imaging myself out into the darkness to watch the stars. A beautiful dream, with, her long, soft hair, and her laugh, and that funny way she had of grinning. These four years alone in the darkness have done me good, I, think. Ringships are infrequent, and you get pretty weary of films and tapes and books alter a time. The Second Kind of Loneliness was a short story I quickly fell for, one I happily devoured in no time. Why do I always write about the vortex roaring and howling? All I know is that I forgot. I was just a friend. I. knew it couldn't take vortex energies. And you try to keep the loneliness and. If so, I want it all down here. hu-man eyes could follow. Member Since 2011. She'd found that jerk, and loved him, in her wayshe loved everybody. The DOI system The hole had been there long be-fore Cerberus, long before man. But I went outside and woke the engines and let the vortex roar. But I do have things to miss like my family, the world, people like you and Arthur, even the people that talk to me just once I miss every so often. Why throw away four years of life alone in the darkness? No. Hey, guys. enormous, and Cerberus lives on power. Squalid. The ring and the darkness looked the same as ever. It was GRRMs first cover back then. The people I remember were just creations of my own mind. wanted to scare Karen away before. Hell, I can, I've been going down to the con-trol room and flipping myself out regularly of late. the way. And it wasn't really an impulse. Most people didn't think it was possible. The colonies would be just an-other escape. I wrote it in the first six months, and thought it was great. That's not good. I've tried to cultivate that scar tissue, to gather the confidence I need to face the new rejections I'm going, to meet before I find acceptance. This site uses cookies. But from out here. I was out-side, waiting. And Karen. Two months to go. And it will be nice to get hack. Feels like it anyway. I dont think you ever told me about a Charles or a Sadie A pause, Are they your friends? I guess, they were more somebody elses than minebut that somebody aint around no more. Shrugs, Guess Im the next best that aintrun off or died. You used to travel with lots of people, yes? Yeah, I didyears ago now. Well, maybe thats just it. But thank you, thats real kind of you. The air is fluid and a breeze flows through and John shivers when the wind blows right past his skin and bones and he thinks he should have brought a coat along with him. It's always a replay of me and, It was a good night, as nights went for me. 3 Likes, 2Comments- proper shape for my relief. The Charon was so slow, the vor-tex so fast. I don't un-derstand. 1 hour ago Not enough, though. The nonsense of yesterday. There's a whole new world on the other side of nullspace; Second Chance, a rich green planet, of a star so far away that astrono-mers are still unsure whether it shares the same galaxy with us. I can't take reliving that hour in. I thought I had changed, but now I don't. July is just like December. Or deluded himself into. And he can also cut. It's funny, calling Karen a night-mare. Today I took a bottle of Scotch and a glass down to the control room, set them down on the, console, and strapped myself in. earphones, and lowered the helmet. It's sad and squalid and pathetic, and it stinks of self-pity. No dream afterwards. small, and once the door slides shut the walls and floor and ceiling are all a fea-tureless white. No stops at all until it reaches me, out here at the. It's almost as though I don't want to give up the vortex. I am just thrilled with the results. Instead, the aching darkness is everywhere, above me, below me, all around me. everything was running right. How could I face Karen? Please. Too bad. Here's a short story I've just started recording, "The Second Kind of Loneliness" by George R.R. Hurry, before I change my mind. It may appear later. Artwork analysis, large resolution images, user comments, interesting facts and much more. I have to have cour-age, I have to risk pain, I have to. I miss everyone, you see, even strangers. Sort of, I guess Bitter chuckle escapes him, I shouldnt be, but I am. Why not? Cause I aint alone no more. On account of my size, of course. Yeah, so youve said. Clears his throat, I read about some of the people I used to run with, in the papers. and self-assured. side of nullspace. Ship today. Ship today. They won't. Become a Premium CAF Gallery Owner & you'll be supporting CAF and also gain access to many services and features not available to standard members. View Pat Robinson's Site Activity on CAF, Trevor Von Eeden and Vince Colletta World's Finest, FANTASTIC FOUR #77 COVER ( 1968, JACK KIRBY ) RARE FF COVER FEATURING SILVER SURFER & GALACTUS; SINNOTT INKS, Frank Miller - Elektra Lives Again page 29, ACTION COMICS #0 COMIC BOOK COVER ORIGINAL ART BY JACKSON, Livia De Simone - opera d'arte originale Games of Throne cm 35x50 (2019), Daily Email Alerts based on your own Searches. The control console is still there, and the chair. The ship was gone too. There are times when the boredom crawls under my skin and all but drives me mad. They talk and write about the loneliness of the men who man the star rings. The man who goes back on the Charon, won't he the same one who came out here tour years ago. The flat, spinning, multicolored star doubled in size, doubled again, again. Sometimes as much as a week off. I couldn't answer it then. won-dering how it got there and what it means. Yet I knew the Charon was unarmored. Suddenly I hated it. The ships have been part of my life for four years now. Like my novel. In the center of the ring, a new star was born. If I have. But I never. I could hardly wait to get. You see, if I was always alone I wouldnt be lonely. We use cookies to improve your experience using this site. But not very often. A pattern! Not always Karen, now. Why can't I? I'm dreaming of Earth again. Karen, so much I'd like to recall. I was only able to complete one story in the first section known as A Four-Color Fanboy, and any attempt at others were met with resignation that it couldnt be done. A month since my relief left Earth. Green today, bright green. Happier than hes been in a long while. | 8.25 KB, Python | I, I didn't know it was coming, of course. No one's ever going to read this think I'm talking to myself. The nightmares have returned. Will Earth find out? Nothing, probably. Funny how wrong they were. I hope he is. And then there is the second kind of loneliness. Soon. remember it. the crewmen, and my relief. Please check your balance and then try again. Maybe I'll suggest it to my relief. Martin. And they are going to be different. I know that. Haunting, that's the word I want. The ballet of the void. In-stead, our colonies orbit suns we can't even see. Un-strapping for what might be the last time, ever. I've had four years out here. Official Post from Rob Rey. So very slow. vor-tex looks when it spins. Earth ain't never had no fireworks that could match the nullspace, But why do I keep Earth calendar out here, where the years are cen-turies and the seasons a dim. A lot more. Now I re-member it all. | 2.76 KB, HTML 5 | The Second 4 Likes. I find that going outside makes the memories of Earth dim. himself off from companionship, no matter where he is. The duration of song is 00:04:22. I've changed what I didn't like, or tried to. Hell, I was late getting here myself. Things I tried to hide in the early, years. But such a loneliness! It was before I came to terms with myself out here. Rob nailed the emotion of this one and matched the colour scheme of the original Freas cover. But those dreams were always. Why does a man volunteer for a job like this? Still can't. Users who like The Second Kind of Loneliness, Users who reposted The Second Kind of Loneliness, Playlists containing The Second Kind of Loneliness, More tracks like The Second Kind of Loneliness. And when Karen tried to help him, he thought she was his fantasy come to life. The Charon is less than a week away, and I've been, gawking at the stars as if I'd never seen them before. Not until Earth and Luna vanish behind him will it hit. You could make a fortune back on Earth with a tape of the way the. me, I'll get docked a small fortune from the pile of money that's waiting back on Earth. It isn't due. More nightmares. We laughed together, too. The room is very. Why am I wasting time writ-ing in this damn book! Original Art Inked Sketch Page Dalrymple Purgatori 2Comments- Forever. It began. All the stu-pid things I've said, all the girls I never met, all the things I have, Bad. From the spinning green disc, flame-like orange, spears lanced out, and fell back, and smoky bluish tendrils uncoiled. Nearly midnight. What's wrong? I touched a switch on. And the engines, the waiting nullspace engines. I'm surprised no one's ever thought of it. So what's the use? It will take him three months to get here, of course. There's a new me, a me I, built out here, six million miles beyond Pluto. I'm thinking of other things about Earth. My flip-pant mask. 38 min ago It's Dark In Here - Horror, Fantasy, Scifi, +, A Song of Ice and Fire/Game of Thrones Essays, Dreamsongs: Volume I by George R. R. Martin (Dreamsongs#1), Snow White & the Seven Angels by Rhys Christopher Ethan (Queerky Tales#1), Follow The Shameful Narcissist Speaks on WordPress.com. But that doesn't, make a bit of difference when I'm sitting in that chair. the funny thing about the holesyou can't be sure where they lead until you go through. 'Non-sense out herebut I still write as if they had some meaning. It's funny that with all the ships I've seen pass through the vortex, I've never even given a thought to, riding one. Men who walk at night, and never look up at the sky. It's forbidden. But they could be enlarged. Memories of that last hour with Karen are among those things. I needed time to think, and that's one thing you get out here. But because he was afraid to, and didn't know how. https://www.comicartfans.com/gallerypiece.asp?Piece=1736112 The Cerberus Star Ring. They're all the same. MARTIN. Just dreams of the darkness, Continue to go outside, and drink it all in. | 2.48 KB, Java | Title: The Second Kind of Loneliness Title Record # 51177 Author: George R. R. Martin Date: 1972-12-00 Type: SHORTFICTION Length: short story Series: Star Ring Language: You're alone with the universe, the stars. Even more suddenly than it had come, the vortex was gone. It's been a long four years. 46 sec ago In-stead I dreamed of the. Is it over, then? It was my fault, though, not hers. Why do I have to. Maybe deliberately. As soon as it was done, it hit me. But it was all a fantasy. I have to find someone who does need me. Please kindly stay tuned and check your order status in User Center. That part holds Martins dullest stones, but even there, the spark of brilliance dwells. Lonely, yes. know. Its not as if I had left much. God, so beautiful, so lonely, so vast. Use the contact form below to send an email to this gallery owner. would never hurt anyone willingly. them if I try. Maybe I couldn't bear to. It's never been this late. After four years, I still fight back whenever I try to be, hon-est with myself. No nightmares. God, I hope the nightmares end. The sounds of silence. The story was published in Analog Magazine in December, 1972. ring-ships. I wonder what the poor guy I replaced was thinking, The Charon didn't come yester-day, either. I won't permit them to continue. At least, not as many as before.and thats awfully lonely. I guess so Oh I know so. 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