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THE HARD WAY UP by A. Bertram Chandler a grimes rimworld short story collection Contents ?? WITH GOOD INTENTIONS ?? THE SUBTRACTER ?? THE TIN MESSIAH ?? THE SLEEPING BEAUTY ?? THE WANDERING BUOY ?? THE MOUNTAIN MOVERS ?? WHAT YOU KNOW Delta Sextans IV was not a pretty world. The sky was grey, with a paler blur that marked the passage of the hot sun across it. The river was grey. The fleshy-leaved vegetation was grey, with the merest hint of dull green. There was little distinction between blossom and foliage as far as a non-botanist like Grimes was concerned. Suddenly he found something, something the others had missed—a game trail. It led through the jungle to the water’s edge. And here, too, something had died or been killed. There was a rib cage, which must have run the entire length of a cylindrical body. And an almost spherical skull. Suddenly Grimes stiffened. Something was coming along that trail through the jungle—something that rustled and chattered… ACE BOOKS A Division of Charter Communications Inc. Avenue of theAmericas New York, N. Y. THE HARD WAY UP Copyright ??, 1972, by A. Bertram Chandler An Ace Book. All Rights Reserved. First Ace printing: October, 1972 THE VEILED WORLD[released in separate 3S digital edition] Copyright |
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