The Cold Equation Tom Godwin's

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The cold equation written by Tom Godwin’s is a science fiction story that highlights the story of a girl named Marilyn who wanted to visit her brother Gerry in Woden since she has not seen him in years. She did that by hiding in the stowaway on the ship who has an EDS cruiser named Thomas Barton that is getting to Woden to transfer the medicine serums. Although in 1989 “The cold equation” was transformed into an episode of a twilight zone, which was made to create even more of a suspension story that was created by the director Martin Lavut. The director chose to make changes to add suspense and drama so that the audience becomes more interested in the story.

As the director added more suspense in the story that was represented as an episode,

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