"Barry Longyear - Circusworld 2 - Elephant song" - читать интересную книгу автора (Longyear Barry)

"Get down to the main carrousel! The bulls and horses've broken loose and are shredding the place.
Fire control, where'n the hell are you? Flame in the port carrousel!"

The bulls. Something about the bulls. And fire.

He lifted an arm. Tingling numbness covering his body. Data began to enter the blank circuits of
his mind. The bulls. Have to get to the bulls.

"What about the atmospheric readings?"

"Screw 'em! If the air out there's no good, it doesn't matter much, does it? With that Hartford
going in the port bay we don't have enough left in here to light a match. Open the damned vents
and hit the fans!"

"That was some great landing, Fireball."

"You try and deadstick in one of these bastards, punk! It's got the glide angle of a brick."

"I said it was a good landingтАФ"

"Where'n the hell are the others?"

"Try the radio, stupidтАФwait. What's that call?"

"It... it's the Baraboo, skipper. It's out of control.... It's diving into the atmosphere....
Signal's dead."

The voices. He pushed himself up from the couch and stumbled toward the voices. But now the
control cabin was silent.

There was a breath of fresh air on his face, and he inhaled. He gulped at the air, and gulped
again. His vision cleared a bit and he could make out the shuttle crew standing like statues
before the control banks.

"You. Fireball. What is it?"



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The command pilot of the Number Three car turned her head and looked at him. She seemed not to
notice the blood dripping from her forehead. "The Baraboo. It...it just got exed. We got away just
in time."

Fireball nodded at another crewmember. "Try and raise the other cars."

The crewmember stabbed at some buttons. "Any cars, this is Number Three. Where are you?" She
listened, then tried again. 'This is Number Three. Any cars, where are you?"