Short e-books (30min to read) of Randall Garrett

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By DAVID GORDON _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'...

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Illustrated by Martinez _What is desirable is not always necessary, while that which is necessary may be most undesirable.

A man will always be willing to buy something he wants, and believes in, even if it is impossible, rather than something he believes is impossible.

Illustrated by Martinez [Transcriber's note: This etext was produced from Astounding Science Fiction August 1959.

ILLUSTRATED BY EBEL How could a man tell the difference if all the reality of Earth turned out to be a cosmic hoax?

By DARREL T. LANGART _Given psi powers like clairvoyance and telepathy, solving problems of sabotage would be easy, of course.

[Illustration: The frightful carnage would go down in the bloody history of space.] "I want you to put me in prison!"

Illustrated by Martinez In his office apartment, on the top floor of the Terran Embassy Building in Occeq City, Bertrand Malloy leafed casually through the dossiers of the four new men who had be...

Transcriber's Note: This etext was produced from Analog Science Fact Fiction October 1961.

_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.

_In the future, we may discover new planets; our ships may rocket to new worlds; robots may be smarter than people.

Illustrated by Schelling _There was a man in our town, And he was wond'rous wise; He jumped into a bramble bush, And scratch'd out both his eyes!_ --Old ...

This is about the best-hated author on Earth.

_Sometimes an organizational setup grows, sets its ways, and becomes so traditional that once-necessary jobs become unnecessary.

Transcriber's Note: This etext was produced from Analog Science Fact & Fiction September 1961.

_Illustrated by EMSH_ OVERTURE--ADAGIO MISTERIOSO The neurosurgeon peeled the thin surgical gloves from his hands as the nurse blotted the perspiration from his forehead for the last time afte...