His near light speed ship had been gone so long that on its return to Urth , there were no space port facilities any more , and it crashed .
Jonas the ( star ) sailor in Gene Wolfe 's Book of the New Sun novels .
Gene Wolfe 's near light speed ship had been gone so long that on its return to Urth , there were no space port facilities any more , and it crashed .
Jonas the ( star ) sailor in Gene Wolfe 's Book of the New Sun novels .