Standard Candles


Standard Candles is a compilation of science fiction short stories by American author Jack McDevitt, published in 1996. The sixteen stories in the anthology were originally published in various magazines from 1982 to 1996. The introduction is provided by Charles Sheffield.
Like many of the author's works, the title story is set at an astronomical observatory and refers to a star's absolute brightness, connecting that phenomenon with the relationship between two individuals in the story. No matter where one stands, the light radiates at the same level of intensity.
Other stories in the collection deal with chess, time travel with unintended consequences, and the beginnings of interplanetary exploration.

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