"E. E. Doc Smith - Masters of Space" - читать интересную книгу автора (Smith E. E. Doc)

"That much? The whole crust practically jewelry ore?" "If that's what the
figures say, I'll
buy it."

"Buy this, then. Continuous daylight everywhere. Noon June Sol-quality light
except
that it's all in the visible. Frank says it's from bombardment of a layer of
something, and
Frank admits that the whole thing's impossible."
"When Frank makes up his mind what 'something' is, I'll take it as a datum."

"Third thing: there's only one city on this continent, and it's protected by a
screen that
nobody ever heard of."

Hilton pondered, then turned to the captain. "Will you please run a search-
pattern, sir?
Fine-toothing only the hot spots?"

The planet was approximately the same size as Terra; its atmosphere, except for
its
intense radiation, was similar to Terra's. There were two continents; one
immense
girdling ocean. The temperature of the land surface was everywhere about 100┬║ F,
that
of the water about 90┬║F. Each continent had one city, and both were small. One
was
inhabited by what looked like human beings; the other by usuform robots. The
human
city was the only cool spot on the entire planet; under its protective dome the
temperature was 71 ┬║F.

Hilton decided to study the robots first; and asked the captain to take the
ship down to
observation range. Sawtelle objected; and continued to object until Hilton
started to
order his arrest. Then he said, "I'll do it, under protest, but I want it on
record that I am
doing it against my best judgment."

"It's on record," Hilton said, coldly. "Everything said and done is being, and
will
continue to be, recorded."

The Perseus floated downward "There's what I want most to see," Hilton said,
finally.
"That big strip-mining operation . . . that's it . . . hold it!" Then, via
throatmike, "Attention,
all scientists! You all know what to do. Start doing it."