"Robert A. Heinlein - Waldo" - читать интересную книгу автора (Heinlein Robert A)

tried to measure the changes produced in human
tissue by thirty years of exposure to ultra short
-wave radiation?тАЩ
тАШNo, but-тАЩ
тАШNo тАЬbutsтАЭ. I see an effect. IтАЩve made a wild guess at a
cause. Maybe IтАЩm wrong. But IтАЩve felt a lot more spry
since IтАЩve taken to invariably wearing my lead overcoat
whenever I go out.тАЩ
Stevens surrendered the argument. тАШMaybe youтАЩre right,
Doc. I wonтАЩt fuss with you. How about Waldo? Will you
take me to him and help me handle him?тАЩ
тАШWhen do you want to go?тАЩ
тАШThe sooner the better.тАЩ
тАШNow?тАЩ
тАШSuits.тАЩ
тАШCall your office.тАЩ
тАШAre you ready to leave right now? It would suit me. As
far as the front office is concerned, IтАЩm on vacation;
nevertheless, IтАЩve got this on my mind. I want to get at it.тАЩ
тАШQuit talking and git.тАЩ
They went topside to where their cars were parked.
Grimes headed towards his, a big-bodied, old-fashioned
Boeing family landau. Stevens checked him.
тАШYou arenтАЩt planning to go in that? It тАШuтАЩd take us the rest
of the day.тАЩ
тАЬWhy not? SheтАЩs got an auxiliary space drive, and sheтАЩs
tight. You could fly from here to the Moon and back.тАЩ
тАШYes, but sheтАЩs so infernal slow. WeтАЩll use my тАЬbroomstickтАЭ.
Grimes let his eyes run over his friendтАЩs fusiformed little
speedster. Its body was as nearly invisible as the plastic
industry could achieve. A surface layer, two molecules
thick, gave it a refractive index sensibly identical with that
of air. When perfectly clean it was very difficult to see.
At the moment it had picked up enough casual dust and
water vapour to be faintly seen - a ghost of a soap bubble
of a ship.
Running down the middle, clearly visible through the walls,
was the only metal part of the ship - the shaft, or, more
properly, the axis core, and the spreading sheaf of deKalb
receptors at its terminus. The appearance was enough like
a giant witchтАЩs broom to justify the nickname. Since the
saddles, of transparent plastic, were mounted tandem
oven the shaft so that the metal rod passed between the
legs of the pilot and passengers, the nickname was doubly
apt.
тАШSon,тАЩ Grimes remarked, тАШI know I ainтАЩt pretty, nor am I
graceful. Nevertheless, I retain a certain residuum of self-
respect and some shreds of dignity. I am not going to
tuck that thing between my shanks and go scooting
through the air on it.