Chapter 13 THE ENTERTAINER |
A world whose most public figure is a super-powered alien from a lost planet is not startled or horrified or even particularly curious at the visit of an eccentric, erratic character from somewhere in...
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Chapter 12 THE UNVEILING |
The Zephyrmore Building was rented and maintained by the Coram Management Company, who were retained by Zephyrmore Properties, Inc. Zephyrmore kept the building on a 99-year lease from Barryville Too...
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Chapter 10 THE MASTER |
Intelligent creatures could not be bought and sold on Oric. Nothing, in fact, could be bought and sold. Gifts were exchanged a great deal - it was the primary occupation of most of the creatures on ...
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Chapter 11 THE BROADCAST |
Here is the way the show was supposed to start:
At precisely 5:59 P.M. the rerun of whatever the network is rerunning in that time slot goes off and camera 2 in Studio B flashes on Clark Kent. Clar...
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Chapter 9 ORIC |
Towbee's audience was nearly as heterogeneous as the planet itselfas heterogeneous as his own ancestry. It was the crowd coming out of the temple. The Chief Speaker of the temple was terribly impre...
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Chapter 8 THE POWER |
Nobody heard the whistling in the city sky until it was all over. This was business.
There were three gliders still in formation, heading in a wedge over midtown. Nine more were at a standstill ...
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Chapter 7 PRINCETON |
"Slow down, boy," Jimmy Olsen told himself for the fourth time since he got up this morning. He said this to himself out loud when he was bored, frustrated or excited. This time it was the first. T...
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Chapter 6 THE PENTHOUSE |
Yesterday Luthor was dressed in skin-tight pajamas and crossed ammunition belts. The outfit was the only affectation he had for a purpose, and therefore the only one he recognized as an affectation. ...
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Chapter 5 THE ANCHORMAN |
Years of wonder and terror came and went, years of multi-media and future shock. Of Camelot and War of Attrition. Men walked on the Moon, and women marched in the streets. Economic and social insti...
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Chapter 4 THE TRACTOR |
By noon James Morgan Stone had had three tranquilizers and four cups of coffee. The first cup of coffee was to wake him up when he came to the bank in the morning. The first tranquilizer was to calm...
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