[1] The passengers and crew of the Lode Star spaceship find themselves stranded on an isolated planet after their main drive malfunctions and then explodes, destroying the ship.
Sometime later they are discovered by another alien species who capture a number of the humans, transport them to another planet and place them in a glass cage, presumably for study.
The story was translated into French (1958), Japanese (1960), German (1964), Swedish (1977), Polish (1977), Dutch (1978), Croatian (1982), Italian (1987), Russian (1988), and Romanian (1988).
"[2] In Australian Science Fiction Review 8 Chandler writes about hearing his story described on New Zealand radio as tackling the problem of communication with alien cultures "in a very ingenius manner".
[3] When writing to the Science Fiction Writers of America (SFWA) Forum magazine in April 1974, Chandler notes the possible "over-anthologization" of his story.