Underestimation
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Underestimation

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  2. English
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eBook - ePub

Underestimation

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Never underestimate the power of a woman, they told him. But when he found the bedraggled waif stowed away on the miserable little ship to Mars, he knew what was waiting for her out there. And he knew she'd underestimated a lot of things. Algis Budrys was the Hugo and Nebula award nominated author of Rogue Moon and Michaelmas.

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Information

Publisher
Start Publishing LLC
Year
2020
eBook ISBN
9781649740779
Topic
Literature
Subtopic
Literature General
Index
Literature

With Jerome Bixby

Never underestimate the power of a woman, they told him. But when he found the bedraggled waif stowed away on the miserable little ship to Mars, he knew what was waiting for her out there. And he knew she’d underestimated a lot of things.

RAM—E/M 3 lifted gravs from Flushing Spaceport and headed Marsward. When the last jet cut out, the girl staggered into the control room. The sound of her unsteady footsteps, together with her sick moan, spun Gerris back from the manual control board.
“No!”
“Fraid so,” the girl said. She wiped a smear of blood away from her nostrils and grinned at him.
Gerris cursed under his breath. “I suppose you know the law on stowaways?” he said, grimacing.
“Uh-huh. So either push me out the airlock or turn around and tend me.” Despite the fact that her face was gray and her knees were obviously trembling, the grin widened into a challenge.
Gerris’s expression had nothing in it of either laughter or response. His mouth set itself in a narrow line. “Obviously, you don’t know just exactly what kind of a fix you’re in,” he said. “Do you know where this ship’s headed?”
“Haven’t got the faintest idea, Handsome,” the girl said, leaning against a bulkhead. “I don’t care much, either. Anything’s better than the House of Correction. I wasn’t doing any picking and choosing when I hit the field last night, believe me.”
Gerris frowned. “This ship is officially designated as ‘Robot and/or Manual—Earth/Mars Vessel Number 3.’ It’s intended for robot operation at least ninety percent of the time. She’s not equipped with full manual controls. All I can do is duck away from a meteor, or make a few other minor course changes. What’s more, there’s no airlock. I can’t turn around, and I can’t push you ...

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Title Page
  3. Copyright Page
  4. Underestimation