five-and-a-fraction

Updated: May 10, 2025

At the estimated mid-point of the flight the spaceship, still at one gravity of drive, was turned end-for-end; so that for the ensuing five-and-a-fraction months she would be slowing down. A few weeks after the turnover, Adams seemed to have more time.

E. E. (Edward Elmer) Smith - Subspace Survivors