"David Prill - Rocket Fall" - читать интересную книгу автора (Prill David)this dark night?"
"All is prepared. I eagerly await the return of my beloved." "I think I can speak for our captive audience when I say we all wish for the very same thing! Thanks for stopping by тАж Hang on, my producer is trying to tell me something тАж There's been a delay in the countdown? Eva Struber? Are you there?" "I'm here, Walter." "Let's go to Eva Struber, who's with Fritz Himmel, director of Project Painship." "Thanks, Walter. Director Himmel, what can you tell us about the delay?" "Just a minor technical malfunctionтАФone of the Ethyls was discovered to be contaminated with happy thoughts. We'll have a replacement installed shortly, and the countdown should resume at that time." "Happy thoughts. That sounds dangerous." "Itis very dangerous." "So do you expect the Painships to launch on time?" "The screaming should begin soon, God willing." "Back to you, Walter." "Thanks for that fine report, Eva. While we're waiting for the countdown to resume, let's take a look at a documentary we prepared earlier on the Making of a Torturnaut. We'll cut into the report if necessary to bring you breaking news тАж" ┬╖┬╖┬╖┬╖┬╖ It all begins in this room тАж This is the Shock Generator, Type ZLB, manufactured by the Milgram Instrument Company, Waltham, Massachusetts. The ZLB sports a series of switches, thirty in all, marked from 15 volts to 450 volts. Wires lead under the table to a volunteer seated behind a partition. This is Bob. Bob is a trainee. (Bob watches as the head of his training team asks the volunteer to memorize a series of words, but unfortunately the volunteer doesn't seem to have a very good memory.) |
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