English Dead

The English Dead is a science fiction short story that explores the abiding mystery of whether George Mallory and "e;Sandy"e; Irvine could have reached the summit of Mount Everest in 1924, twenty-nine years before the first successful ascent by Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay.From the review of The English Dead in The Fix (14/1/08): "e;'The English Dead' is an excellent story and fundamentally g...