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The Propagation of Light in a Vacuum
- Narrated by: James Patrick Kelly
- Length: 38 mins
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Publisher's Summary
Author James Patrick Kelly is a two-time winner of the Hugo Award and a 2007 Nebula Award winner. His stories appear frequently in Asimov's Science Fiction, and he writes the magazine's "On the Net" column. Publishers Weekly has called him "a meticulous craftsman in the demanding short-story form".
