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SNAFU ON VENUS
"I gather that you were sent here, in answer to my message?"
"Certainly," Matt said.
"Thank heaven for that-even if you guys were stupid enough to stumble right into it. Now tell me-how many are there in the expedition. This is going to be a tough nut to crack."
"This is the expedition, right in front of you."
"Whctf? This is no time to joke. I sent t foe a regiment of marines, equipped for amphibious operations."
"Maybe you did, but this is what you got. What's the situation?"
Burke seemed dazed. "It's no use," he said. "It's utterly hopeless."
"What's so hopeless? The natives seem friendly, on the whole. Tell us what the difficulty was, so we can work it out with them."
"Friendly!" Burke gave a bitter laugh. "They killed all of my men. They're going to kill me. And they'll kill you too. ..."
Also by Robert A. Heinlein Published by Ballanfine Books:
FARMER IN THE SKY
TUNNEL IN THE SKY
THE STAR BEAST
THE ROLLING STONES
HAVE SPACE SUIT-WILL TRAVEL
ROCKET SHIP GALILEO
RED PLANET
STAR-MAN JONES
BETWEEN PLANETS
TIME FOR THE STARS
CITIZEN OF THE GALAXY
Space Cadet
Robert f). Heinlein
A Del Rey Book BALLANTINE BOOKS Х NEW YORK
For William Ivar Bacchus
A Del Rey Book
Published by Ballantine Books
Copyright(c) 1948 by Robert A. Heinleia Copyright renewed 1975 by Robert A. Heinlein
All rights reserved under International and Pan:American Copyright Conventions. Published in the United States by Ballantine Books, a division of Random House, Inc., New York, and simultaneously in Canada by Ballantine Books of Canada, Ltd., Toronto, Canada,
ISBN 0-345-26072-4
This edition published by arrangement with Charles Scribner's Sons
Manufactured in the United States of America First Ballantine Books Edkion: September 1978 Cover art by Darrell Sweet
CONTENTS
I TERRA BASE 7
II ELIMINATION PROCESS 16
III OVER THE BUMPS 26
IV FIRST MUSTER 40
V INTO SPACE 49
VI "READING, AND 'RITING, AND 'RITHMETIC-" 64
VII TO MAKE A SPACEMAN 75
VIII TERRA STATION 89
IX LONG HAUL 99
X GUIS CUSTODIET IPSOS CUSTODES? 113
XI P.R.S. AES TRIPLEX 126
XII P.R.S. PATHFINDER 140
XIII LONG WAY HOME 148
XIV "THE NATIVES ARE FRIENDLY . . ." 156
XV PIE WITH A FORK . 176
XVI P.R.S. ASTARTE 189