# The smart ones

Author: Sharkey, Jack, 1931-1992; Schelling, George, 1938- [Illustrator]

Genre: Category: Short Stories

Language: English

License: Public domain

Source: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/72440

Amazon editions: https://www.amazon.com/s?k=The+smart+ones+Sharkey&tag=cyberlibrar00-20

## Summary

The first inkling came in a news bulletin that interrupted all regularly scheduled programming on the networks. Russia had uttered a flat or-else at the UN assembly, and the U.S. had countered with a steely just-try-it. That was all. It might be bad, it might not be so bad. Par-for-the-course or This-is-it. The bulletin lasted forty seconds, then regular programming was resumed. No warnings, no repeats of the Conelrad band-numbers, no stay-tuned urgings. Just the bulletin, then resumption of routine telecasts.

## Chapters

- [Part 1](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-smart-ones-72440/chapters/1/index.md)