Science Fiction
The living room reflected wealth, position, good taste. In size it was a full ten feet by fourteen, with nearly an eight-foot ceiling. Light was furnished by glow panels precisely balanced in color to produce light's most flattering tint for the woman who sat in a delicate cha...
There was the full round robin of introductions and small talk: "You had no trouble?" "No, the intercity beacon was running clear--" "Lovely apartment, Mrs. Harrison." "Mrs. Han...
4. Part 4Junior Spaceman Howard Reed knew that away back in the Twentieth Century, the average engineer could make a guess, count on his fingers, and come up with a pretty shrewd estimat...
1. Part 1The living room reflected wealth, position, good taste. In size it was a full ten feet by fourteen, with nearly an eight-foot ceiling. Light was furnished by glow panels precise...
3. Part 3The commander took a deep breath under which he swore gently but feelingly. Then he went on: "And so, Mr. Reed, I am going to be 'Guest of Dishonor' at the Officers' Club. I wil...
5. Part 5Above him, all around him, even in the subways below him, the vast and efficient organization of the Military Space Service was converging. This organization had the will and th...