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ISBN-13: 9780515022308

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But the Lensman, studying him narrowly—and, if the truth must be known, using his Lens as well—was not sure, and was well content. 'Not bad for an old man, Phil. I could whip a wildcat, and spot him one bite and two scratches. But what I came in here for, as you may have suspected, is—where do I go from here? Spica or Rigel or Canopus? ' 'Rigel's is probably the worst in property damage and urgency. Before we decide, though, I wish you'd take a good look at this data from Dekanore III. ' 'Huh? ' Cloud was surprised.

Barney must have been a sniffer before to be able to smell the trace of the stuff that was drifting down the hill. I'm having the whole cave tested with a leak-detector and sealed bottle-tight. The record can stand it that Barney—he was a snake-tender, you know—died of snake-bite. ' 'Fair enough. ' 'Um ... m. ' Fairchild pondered briefly. 'We can't disintegrate them this month, that's sure. They've got to be found dead, and our books are full. ' 'Why alive? " 'Too chancey. Dead tissues change too much.

We know exactly what to do to your screens. Next time nothing will come through except light, and only as much of that as you like. You can wait as close to a vortex as you please, for as long as is necessary to get exactly the conditions you want. ' 'Absolutely—or at least, as sure as we can be of anything that hasn't happened yet. But your guardian angel here is eyeing her clock a bit pointedly, so I'd better do a flit before she tosses me out on my ear. ' Thus 'Storm' Cloud, nucleonicist, became the most narrowly-specialized specialist in the long annals of science; became 'Storm' Cloud, the Vortex Blaster.

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