Read the Joseph Conrad story first, but then check out this futuristic riff on that story by Robert Silverberg. I thought he did a good job of carrying the themes over, expanding on them a bit in the "sea" of space, and respecting his source material. Good companion pieces...and apparently Silverberg has paid homage to Conrad in other works, too, (e.g. Downward to the Earth riffs on Heart of Darkness) which I will be checking out. ( )