epub | 8.05 MB | English| | Author: Randall Garrett | Year: 2011

Quote:Or Your Money Back-
There are lots of things that are considered perfectly acceptable ... provided they don't work. And of course everyone knows they really don't, which is why they're acceptable.

But, I Don't Think-
As every thinking man knows, every slave always yearns for the freedom his master denies him.

By Proxy-
It's been said that the act of creation is a solitary thing--that teams never create; only individuals. But sometimes a team may be needed to make creation effective.

In Case of Fire-
There are times when a broken tool is better than a sound one, or a twisted personality more useful than a whole one. For instance, a whole beer bottle isn't half the weapon that half a beer bottle is ..

The Man Who Hated Mars-
To escape from Mars, all Clayton had to do was the impossible. Break out of a crack-proof exile camp--get onto a ship that couldn't be boarded--smash through an impenetrable wall of steel. Perhaps he could do all these things, but he discovered that Mars did evil things to men; that he wasn't even Clayton any more. He was only--THE MAN WHO HATED MARS.

A World by the Tale-
This is about the best-hated author on Earth. Who was necessarily pampered and petted because of his crime against humanity.

The Measure of a Man-
What is desirable is not always necessary, while that which is necessary may be most undesirable. Perhaps the measure of a man is the ability to tell one from the other... and act on it.

Hail to the Chief-
A great politician need not be a statesman ... but it is inherently futile to be a great statesman, and no politician. Except, of course, for a miracle .

What The Left Hand Was Doing-
There is no lie so totally convincing as something the other fellow already knows-for-sure is the truth. And no cover-story so convincing.

The Foreign Hand Tie-
Just because you can "see" something doesn't mean you understand it-and that can mean that even perfect telepathy isn't perfect communication..

That Sweet Little Old Lady-
Usually, the toughest part of the job is stating the problem clearly, and the solution is then easy. This time the FBI could state the problem easily; solving it, though was not. How do you catch a telepathic spy?

Thin Edge-
There are inventions of great value that one type of society can use-and that would, for another society, be most nastily deadly!

Hanging by a Thread-
It's seldom that the fate of a shipful of men literally hangs by a thread-but it's also seldom that a device, every part of which has been thoroughly tested, won't work.

Fifty Per Cent Prophet-
That he was a phony Swami was beyond doubt. That he was a genuine prophet, though, seemed ... but then, what's the difference between a dictator and a true prophet? So was he....

Viewpoint-
A fearsome thing is a thing you're afraid of--and it has nothing whatever to do with whether others are afraid, nor with whether it is in fact dangerous. It's your view of the matter that counts!

Out Like a Light-
Kenneth Malone--sometimes known as Sir Kenneth of The Queen's Own FBI--had had problems with telepathic spies, and more than somewhat nutty telepathic counterspies. But the case of the Vanishing Delinquents was at least as bad....