"Philip Jose Farmer - 1952-1964" - читать интересную книгу автора (Farmer Phillip Jose)

or calling her тАЬbadтАЭ names.

But no, not even during the gathering of the mangled corpses, when he looked for a while as if he were
going to vomit, would he give way to his bodyтАЩs demand for expression. She understood that if he were
to throw up, he would be much better for it, would have gotten rid of much of the psychic disturbance
along with the physical.

He would not. He had kept on raking flesh and bones into the large plastic bags and kept a fixed look of
resentment and sullenness.

She hoped now that the loss of his piano would bring tears and shaking shoulders. Then she could take
him in her arms and give him sympathy. He would be her little boy again, afraid of the dark, afraid of the
dog killed by a car, seeking her arms for the sure safety, the sure love.

тАЬNever mind, baby,тАЭ she said. тАЬWhen weтАЩre rescued, weтАЩll get you a new one.тАЭ

тАЬWhen-!тАЭ

He lifted his eyebrows and sat down on the bedтАЩs edge.

тАЬWhat do we do now?тАЭ

She became very brisk and efficient.

тАЬThe ultrad automatically started working the moment the meteor struck. If itтАЩs survived the crash, itтАЩs still
sending SOSтАЩs. If not, then thereтАЩs nothing we can do about it. Neither of us knows how to repair it.

тАЬHowever, itтАЩs possible that in the last five years since this planet was located, other expeditions may
have landed here. Not from Earth but from some of the colonies. Or from nonhuman globes. Who
knows? ItтАЩs worth taking a chance. LetтАЩs see.тАЭ

A single glance was enough to wreck their hopes. The ultrad had been twisted and broken until it was no
longer recognizable as the machine that sent swifter-than-light waves through the no-ether.

Dr. Fetts said with false cheeriness, тАЬWell, thatтАЩs that! So what? It makes things too easy. LetтАЩs go into
the storeroom and see what we can see.тАЭ

Eddie shrugged and followed her. There she insisted that each take a panrad. If they had to separate тАЬfor
any reason, they could always communicate and also, using the DFтАЩsтАФthe built-in direction
findersтАФlocate each other. Having used them before, they knew the instrumentsтАЩ capabilities and how
essential they were on scouting or camping trips.

The panrads were lightweight cylinders about two feet high and eight inches in diameter. Crampacked,
they held the mechanisms of two dozen different utilities. Their batteries lasted a year without recharging,
they were practically indestructible and worked under almost any conditions.

Keeping away from the side of the ship that had the huge hole in it, they took the panrads outside. The
long wave bands were searched by Eddie while his mother moved the dial that ranged up and down the
shortwaves. Neither really expected to hear anything, but to search was better than doing nothing.