Book Excerpt: dly needed as a base material for synthetic food to supply Earth's famine-threatened population, it was to these loyal and amiable beings that ITA's engineers turned for workers who could endure the stifling heat of the underground workings.The tent-flap was thrust aside, and a hawk-nosed Scot came sleepily in, to be enthusiastically greeted by Jim."Hello, you old Caledonian. 'Bout time you showed up."* * * * *The newcomer fixed the speaker with a dour gaze. "An' why should I commence my tour o' dooty befair ...
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Book Excerpt: dly needed as a base material for synthetic food to supply Earth's famine-threatened population, it was to these loyal and amiable beings that ITA's engineers turned for workers who could endure the stifling heat of the underground workings.The tent-flap was thrust aside, and a hawk-nosed Scot came sleepily in, to be enthusiastically greeted by Jim."Hello, you old Caledonian. 'Bout time you showed up."* * * * *The newcomer fixed the speaker with a dour gaze. "An' why should I commence my tour o' dooty befair the time?""Because your chief, Mr. Darl Thomas, decided that he's a filliloo bird or somethin', flew to his little nest up top, an' forgot to come down again.""Is this ain o' your jests, James Holcomb? I eenquire mairly that I may ken when to laugh.""It's no joke, Mac. Last I see o' him he's skippin' around the roof like he has a buzzin' propeller stuck to his shoulder blades. He lights on th' air-lock platform, pops inside, an' goes dead for all I kRead More
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