"Jack Williamson - Three From the Legion" - читать интересную книгу автора (Williamson Jack)

4. тАЬWELL, JOHN, I AM A TRAITOR!тАЭ
5. THE тАЬPURPLE DREAMтАЭ
6. THE EMPTY THRONE
7. GILES HABIBULAтАЩS HIGHER CALLING
8. WITH DEATH BEHIND
9. тАЬTo THE RUNAWAY STAR!тАЭ
10. FAREWELL TO THE SUN
11. THE TRAP ON PLUTOтАЩS MOON
12. STORM IN SPACE
13. THE BELT OF PERIL
14. CORSAIR SUN
15. UNDER THE UNKNOWN SEA
16. BLACK CONTINENT TO CROSS
17. THE ROPE IN THE JUNGLE
18. NIGHT AND THE CITY OF DOOM
19. GILES HABIBULA AND BLACK DISASTER
20. тАЬA CERTAIN SLIGHT DEXTERITYтАЭ
21. THE HORROR IN THE HALL
22. RED STORM AT DUSK
23. YELLOW MAW OF TERROR
24. тАЬFOR WANT OF A NAILтАЭ
25. WINGS ABOVE THE WALLS
26. TRAITORтАЩS TURN
27. THE JOKE ON MAN
28. THE GREEN BEAST
29. AKKAтАФAND AFTER
PROLOGUE
The Man Who Remembered Tomorrow
тАЬWell, Doctor, whatтАЩs your verdict?тАЭ
He sat up on the examination table, with the sheet wrapped around his bent and
stringy frame, and firmly commanded my nurse to bring back his clothes. He looked
at me, his bright blue eyes sharply curious and yet oddly unafraidтАФfor I knew he
expected a sentence of death.
тАЬAcquittal, John,тАЭ I told him honestly. тАЬYouтАЩre really indestructible. Remarkable
shape, for a man of your ageтАФexcept for that knee. YouтАЩll make me a good patient
and a better chess opponent for the next twenty years.тАЭ
But old John Delmar shook his weatherbeaten head, very seriously.
тАЬNo, Doctor.тАЭ In that same tone of quiet and unexcited certainty, he might have said
today was Tuesday. тАЬNo, Doctor, IтАЩve less than three weeks. IтАЩve known for several
years that IтАЩm going to die at eleven-seven on the morning of March 23, 1945.тАЭ
тАЬNonsense,тАЭ I told him. тАЬNot likelyтАФunless you jump in front of a truck. That knee
may always be a little stiff, but thereтАЩs certainly nothing elseтАФтАЭ
тАЬI know the date.тАЭ His thin, old voice had a flat, impersonal conviction. тАЬYou see, I
read it on a tombstone.тАЭ He didnтАЩt seem to regard that statement as remarkable. тАЬI
came in this morning just to see if you can tell me what it is that IтАЩm to die of.тАЭ
He looked entirely too sane and cool to fall victim to any superstitious notion.
тАЬYou can forget the idea of that,тАЭ I assured him heartily. тАЬPhysically, youтАЩre sounder
than most men twenty years younger. Except for that knee, and a few assorted
scarsтАФтАЭ
тАЬPlease donтАЩt think I want to question your diagnosis, but IтАЩm really quite positive.тАЭ