Could an astronaut’s corpse bring new life to another world?

Re:Could an astronaut’s corpse bring new life to another world? by pjmorris on Thursday October 27, 2016 @06:40PM (#12810995)

I read a 'Last Man on Earth' short story in an SF anthology with, essentially, this premise. At the end of the story, the exhausted person dies while sitting on the edge of the sea... only to seed the next round of life from all of the lifeforms and organic materials contained therein. Creepy, heady stuff for a preteen. This was the 70's, so the idea has been around awhile.

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Re:Could an astronaut’s corpse bring new life to another world? by VerDeTerre on Thursday October 27, 2016 @07:19PM (#12811331)

Sounds like Alfred Bester's "Adam and No Eve" from 1941. It's included in https://www.amazon.com/Virtual-Unrealities-Fiction-Alfred-Be...

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Re:Could an astronaut’s corpse bring new life to another world? by fnbr on Thursday October 27, 2016 @06:51PM (#12811096)

Do you remember the book? I'd be interested in reading that.

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Re:Could an astronaut’s corpse bring new life to another world? by pjmorris on Thursday October 27, 2016 @07:55PM (#12811567)

VerDeTerre came through, above. I read it in an anthology in the children's section of the public library (another good reason for public libraries), but the anthology title is long lost to /dev/null.

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Re:Could an astronaut’s corpse bring new life to another world? by diggernet on Thursday October 27, 2016 @11:21PM (#12812767)

My guess: Adventures in Time and Space

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adventures_in_Time_and_Space

My absolute favorite book growing up. Re-read it countless times. Highly recommended.

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Re:Could an astronaut’s corpse bring new life to another world? by pjmorris on Friday October 28, 2016 @03:26AM (#12813771)

Killer, killer anthology. The anthology I read was shorter, but that's ignorable... everybody should go find a copy of 'Adventures in Time and Space', it's a classic full of classics.

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Re:Could an astronaut’s corpse bring new life to another world? by WalterBright on Thursday October 27, 2016 @08:13PM (#12811687)

I remember that story, too. Arthur Clarke?

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