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The Prize of Peril
Copyright © 1958 by Mercury Press, Inc.
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Hadnt they said he was their representative? Hadnt they sworn to protect their own? But no, they loathed him. Why hadnt he seen it? Their hero was the cold, blank-eyed gunman, Thompson, Capone, Billy the Kid, Young Lochinvar, El Cid, Cuchulain, the man without human hopes or fears. They worshipped him, that dead, implacable robot gunman, and lusted to feel his foot in their face. | Topic: |
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The Humours
originally appeared in Galaxy under the title Join Now Copyright © 1968 by Galaxy Publishing Corp. | |
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Everything today is biased toward the poor, as though there were some special virtue in improvidence. Yet the rich have their needs and necessities, too! These needs are unlike the needs of the poor, but no less urgent. The poor require food, shelter, medical attention. The governments provide these admirably. But what about the needs of the rich? People laugh at the idea of a rich man having problems; but does mere possession of credit exclude him from having problems? It does not! Quite the contrary, wealth increases need and sharpens necessity, often leaving a rich man in a more truly necessitous condition than his poor brother. In that case, why doesnt he give up his wealth? Crompton asked. Why doesnt a poor man give up his poverty? Loomis asked in return. No, it cant be done, we must accept the conditions that life has imposed upon us. | Topic: |
It would be unethical. The young lady is married. Marriage, Loomis said patiently, is a man-made institution. But before marriage there were men and women, and certain modes between them. Natural laws always take precedence over human legislation. Its immoral, Crompton said, without much vigor. Not at all, Loomis assured him. You are unmarried, so no possible blame can attach to you for your actions. The young lady is married. Thats her responsibility. But remember, she is a human being capable of making her own decisions, not some mere chattel of her husband. Her decision has been made, and we must respect her integrity in the matter; to do otherwise would be insulting. Finally, there is the husband. He will know nothing of this, and therefore will not be injured by it. In fact, he will gain. For his wife, in recompense, will be unusually pleasant to him. He will assume that this is because of his forceful personality, and his ego will be bolstered thereby. So you see, Crompton, everyone will gain, and no one will lose. | Topic: |
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Triplication
Copyright 1959 by HMH Publishing Co., Inc.
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Lows Law states that the defendants lawyer shall serve concurrently whatever sentence is imposed upon his client. Many consider this unfair. But the incidence of lawyers on Oaxe II has diminished remarkably. | Topic: |
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The Minimum Man
Copyright 1958 by Galaxy Publishing Corp. | |
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Everybody has his song, thought Anton Perceveral. A pretty girl is like a melody, and a brave spaceman like a flurry of trumpets. Wise old men on the Interplanetary Council make one think of richly blended woodwinds. There are geniuses whose lives are an intricate counterpoint endlessly embellished, and scum of the planets whose existence seems nothing more than the wail of an oboe against the inexorable pounding of a brass drum. | Topic: |
The elevator reached the great marble lobby with its uniformed riot policemen and its crowds waiting admittance to the midtown streets. Perceveral waited on line, idly watching the Population Density Meter fluctuate below the panic line, until his turn came. Outside, he joined a compact body of people moving westward in the direction of his housing project. | |
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The Gun Without a Bang
Copyright 1958 by Galaxy Publishing Corp. | |
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Dixon was a great believer in personal armament. To his way of thinking, the winning of the American West was simply a contest between bow and arrow and Colt .44. Africa? The spear against the rifle. Mars? The Colt three-point against the spinknife. | Topic: |
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