Venus Equilatera
章节目录
共 108 题- Venus Equilateral
- By George O. Smith
- MANUFACTURED IN THE UNITED STATES
- CONTENTS
- INTRODUCTION _by John W. Campbell, Jr._
- QRM--INTERPLANETARY
- CALLING THE EMPRESS
- RECOIL
- OFF THE BEAM
- THE LONG WAY
- BEAM PIRATE
- FIRING LINE
- SPECIAL DELIVERY
- PANDORA'S MILLIONS
- MAD HOLIDAY
- INTRODUCTION
- JOHN W. CAMPBELL, JR.
- QRM--INTERPLANETARY
- Korvus told her: "That is correct."
- On Sunday--
- JEANNE S."
- One of them said: "Why, Mr. Channing!"
- CALLING THE EMPRESS
- VENUS EQUILATERAL."
- A half-hour passed. "Now," said Channing. "Are we?"
- Channing answered, "Hi, Babe, been snoozing?"
- Finally Walt took the key and said: "Here goes!"
- RECOIL
- DEAR ACTING DIRECTOR:
- HAVING A WONDERFUL HONEYMOON; GLAD YOU AREN'T HERE.
- DON AND ARDEN.
- Walt looked at the pointing tube and said: "Bah! Go ahead and point!"
- TO THE OPERATORS OF ALL SPACELINES:
- ALLISON (HELLION) MURDOCH.
- YOUR ANSWER WILL BE EXPECTED IN FIVE DAYS.
- ALLISON (HELLION) MURDOCH.
- The answer came inside of half a minute. "Hello, Don. Who's asleep?"
- Don shut off the water, fumbled for a towel, and said: "What?"
- Again Channing said: "What? Are you nuts?"
- Channing said to Walt: "That's going to be messy."
- OFF THE BEAM
- ARDEN
- MESSAGE BEING HELD FOR ARRIVAL OF ARIADNE.
- Johannson spoke to the doctor. "How're we doing?"
- THE LONG WAY
- Wes looked at Channing. "Have you been to the Ninth Level yet?"
- Joe grinned. "Another tablecloth session in progress?"
- Warren called: "Are you ready?"
- His assistant said: "That's it. And it worked."
- But the project engineer was a bum prophet--
- BEAM PIRATE
- No, the thing that worried him was--
- And yet--
- Walt asked: "Wes, what worked, finally?"
- Walt nodded, and said: "Maybe it should be incandescent."
- KINGMAN."
- He turned back to Channing. "What's the gloom?"
- Farrell grinned as they left. He looked at Walt and said: "You will!"
- Arden fought herself free and said: "What's going on?"
- In the Venus Equilateral radio, he said: "Don, I just fixed him."
- Terran Electric went down some more, and then Jim said: "Now?"
- Walt Franks said to Christine: "Let's get out of here."
- FIRING LINE
- Kingman's lips curled. "I wouldn't agree to that."
- But--
- Kingman asked: "Another one?"
- Walt looked downcast. "No," he said. "It was another one."
- VENUS EQUILATERAL
- ATTENTION DR. CHANNING:
- Faintly, the reply came, and Channing could hear it. "Ready!"
- SPECIAL DELIVERY
- Don Channing answered the 'phone. "Yes?"
- Channing called: "Wait a minute, I'm lagging a whole cycle."
- Arden tapped Don on the shoulder. "May I say it now?"
- Hamilton rapped on the-bench. "Court is adjourned for ten minutes."
- Hamilton brightened slightly. "Permission is granted."
- He faced the judge. "We seem--"
- PANDORA'S MILLIONS
- She tossed a diamond bracelet on the desk and snorted: "That!"
- Norton came forward boldly. "I am."
- MAD HOLIDAY
- Channing nodded. "Or like my wife's jello."
- Don grinned. "Walt, don't you like women?"
- Joe grinned. "Why not present Don with a son and heir?"
- Her brother Jim smiled. "Rather be elsewhere?"
- Channing grinned. "The speed of light, squared?"
- Channing grinned. "So it has a name?"
- Channing returned the laugh. "Seeseesee, or Seesee, understand?"
- Walt grinned. "Have I been had?"
- Kingman nodded snappishly. "You were looking for me?"
- PS: He chased me 'til I caught him--
- Christine."
- Barney shook his head sadly. "Poor guy."
- Kingman pressed a button and the gears whirled and the levers flashed--
- Arden smiled. "Walt and Christine will be wild. Serves 'em right."
- Farrell shrugged. "Going to tell 'em?"
- He nodded unhappily. "But it still obtains that it is my fault."
- Kingman smiled. "How?"
- Arden sighed. "And never again!"
- It took minutes for the idea to filter through his mind: _What woke me?_
- Something--
- The knock came and Channing said "Come in!"
- The senior officer spoke, "You need us any more, Mr. Kingman?"
- Don nodded. "A consuming curiosity, I guess."
- Arden nodded. "Lead on, curious one."
- Jim interrupted. "So what have you found?"
- Wes smiled sheepishly. "Had to," he said. "Short was really shorted!"
- Farrell pointed to a place on a chart of the station. "About here."