Interesting short story - it's basically the first chapter of Subspace Explorers, though there are some variations. There are scenes here we don't get in the book - especially Bobby's first one - and some other minor variants (the babies, for one thing). Ship is mysteriously destroyed; two ship's officers, their very new wives (met and married on the trip), a scientist, and four other passengers (who turn out, not at all surprisingly, to be villains) are the only survivors. Adventures as they deal with the aftermath of the destruction. This story ends almost as soon as they're back in contact with civilization - just when Subspace Explorers is getting started. The psi matter plays a role here, though not nearly as huge as it ends up being in Explorers. ( )

This is a rather typical space opera by Doc Smith. It was written around 1960 so is a little more modern. The heroes are about prefect, the villains evil, all are fairly shallow.

Some ships occasionally disappear in hyperspace, so this is one of them. The story is how the crew copes, and deals with onboard pirates. Naturally, everyone carries their guns.

The story is about their survival when subspace problems happen.

Generally, the story is very short, there aren't enough subplots, and little tension. Within the scope of Smith's earlier works and others in similar genre's it's ok, but I think others are better. ( )