Book Excerpt for the Day

    "Well, Citizen," Yorrov-Voppov said, "the present signals are clearly coming from as upper-atmosphere vehicle which is circumnavigating the planet.  The question is, undoubtedly, where did this vehicle come from?

    "As I see it, there are two possibilities; either it came from somewhere on this planet, or it came from somewhere out there."  He gestured in a vaguely upward direction.

    "Continue," Karv-Torov said, not visibly impressed by the analysis so far.

(from First Cycle, by H. Beam Piper & Michael Kurland)


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