"David Gerrold - Chtorr 3 - A Rage for Revenge" - читать интересную книгу автора (Gerrold David)

"Huh?"
"If you knew the statistics on the spiders' effectiveness, you'd be even less reassured."
"They don't work?"
I shrugged. "They do well enough." Then I added, "And they do have one real advantage. . .
."
The kid glanced over at me curiously. "Yeah?"
"Yeah. You don't have to write letters to their families when you lose one."
"Oh." He shut up and concentrated on his driving.
The real problem was that the worms were already learning to avoid the spiders; and there was even a
rumor that they had begun to set traps for the machines. Like elephant pits. I didn't know. There was a
lot of material I wasn't cleared to see any more.
"Hey," the kid asked suddenly. "Why'd you use limericks?"
"Huh? Oh-" I was startled out of my thoughts. "It was the only thing I could think of," I admitted. "When I
get bored, I write limericks."
"You're kidding."
"Nope."
The kid pulled the Jeep onto the main road and headed us west toward US-101. "Tell me another."
"Mm, okay-I'm still working on this one: There was a young fellow named Chuck-"
The kid giggled in delight. Well, it was pretty obvious where it was going. "Go on," he said.
"Who expressed a great fondness for duck. Whether gravied or roasted, pressed, sauced, or toasted-" I
stopped.
"Yeah? Yeah? Go on."
I shook my head. "That's all there is to it, so far."
"That's all?"
I shrugged apologetically. "I couldn't think of a rhyme for the last line."
"You're kidding!"
"Yep."

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There was a young lady named Susie,
Who everyone thought was a floozy.
She liked boy scout troops
and Shriners, in groups;
"What the hell?" She replied. "I'm not choosy."
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Mode: Day One

"Jesus only told us half of it. The truth will set you free. But first it's going to piss you off."
- SOLOMON SHORT

The first day of the training was about commitment. I stepped into the room-and stopped to stare.
I hadn't known what to expect, but this wasn't it.
The room was very large and very empty. Larger than a college gymnasium. Only college gymnasiums
don't have dark gray carpeting. The walls were pale gray. They were absolutely bare. They felt very far
away.
In the exact center of the space was a broad square dais. All four sides of the dais were faced by
precision formations of chairs; they were divided exactly into two squares, eight rows deep, eight chairs
to a row. The aisle between the squares was three chair wide. On the dais was a podium, a music stand,
and a director chair.