2144 AD. Relationship to other works Like the other early Krishna story "Calories", The Hand of Zei may have been influenced by the author's then recent collaboration with Finn Ronne on the non-fiction book Antarctic Conquest: the Story of the Ronne Expedition 1946-1948 (1949); the ghostwriter protagonist has a relationship to his explorer boss similar to the one de Camp had with Ronne, and adopts the alias of an inhabitant of Krishna's Antarctic region. Of all the Krishna stories only these two make use of the Antarctic setting. References External links " L. Sprague DeCamp Is Awesome!" - tribute blog posting on Edd Cartier's illustrations for de Camp's The Hand of Zei 1950 American novels 1950 science fiction novels American science fiction novels Novels by L. Sprague de Camp Works originally published in Analog Science Fiction and Fact Novels first published in serial form Books with cover art by Frank Kelly Freas Planetary romances Fiction set around Tau Ceti