But within the twenty-third century, political schemers free particularly bred pre-Apocalypse killers who have been placed in suspended animation upon the colonists. Society has rejected advanced expertise and particularly navy technology, but finds it should resort to ruthless violence to satisfy the menace posed by the killers. “The Star Gypsies.” Fantasy and Science Fiction,July 1953.Gypsies roam the postholocaust landscape, guided by an old girl who can sense radioactive hotspots.