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."The kind of proof we needed to destroy Aglabec," the scientist repliedcomposedly."We maintain a constant watch for massive bodies drifting into thesystem.Recently we spotted one larger than any on record, or more precisely awhole cluster of them, perhaps the nucleus of a giant comet which was strippedof its gas when passing by a hot white star, then whipped into the void again.At first we were afraid they might collide with us, but luckily.Well,you're seeing what saved us: the attraction of an outer planet.So how exactlyis Aglabec going to account for the collision of Swiftyouth with not onemeteorite but maybe half a score of them, each greater than the one thatwashed Voosla and half an ocean high into the hills?"At that very moment the whitened disc of Swiftyouth redoubled in brilliance.Chybee drew back from the ocular and tried to laugh at the prospect ofAglabec's discomfiture.But she could not, any more than she could explain why to her concernedcompanions.She only knew she was in mourning of a sudden, for all themarvelous and lovely beings on--or in--the other planets, whom she had knownso briefly and who now, even to imagination, were lost for evermore.file:///G|/rah/John%20Brunner%20-%20The%20Crucible%20of%20Time.txt (476 of557) [2/14/2004 12:25:10 AM]file:///G|/rah/John%20Brunner%20-%20The%20Crucible%20of%20Time.txtPART SEVENWELLAND FITLYSHAPEDEven before the sun had broached the dawn horizon, warm breezes wafted overthe launching site and made the laqs of gas-globes swell.The missioncontrollers revised their estimates of available lift to record levels, andcongratulated one another on the accuracy of their weather-sense.All was setfair for the first piloted flight beyond the atmosphere, the first attempt toPage 291 ABC Amber Palm Converter, http://www.processtext.com/abcpalm.htmllink a group of orbiting ecosystems into what might become a colony, asettlement, and finally a vehicle, a junq to sail the interstellar sea.Compared to this climactic venture, all that had gone before was trivial.Theseeding of the moon, the fact that the spectra of Swiftyouth and Sunbride keptchanging in amazing fashion since those planets had been sprayed with sporesintended to assure the continuance of life after its home world metdisaster--those were experiments whose results might well not become knownuntil after the race responsible was extinct.Here, on the other claw, was anundertaking designed to ensure that its extermination was postponed.Now, just so long as their chosen pilot didn't let them down.Karg was elated.He felt the eyes of history upon him.Soon his name wouldjoin the roster of the famous; it would be coupled with those ofGveest, Yockerbow, even Jing--file:///G|/rah/John%20Brunner%20-%20The%20Crucible%20of%20Time.txt (477 of557) [2/14/2004 12:25:10 AM]file:///G|/rah/John%20Brunner%20-%20The%20Crucible%20of%20Time.txtStop.t Danger.t He was over the safe limit of euphoria, and took action tocorrect it.He had been adjusting to his life-supports since sundown.Years of experience underwater had accustomed him to similar systems;moonlongs of practice had prepared him for this particular version.Nonetheless it had taken a fair while before he persuaded it to eliminate fromthe cylinder's sealed atmosphere all trace of the pheromones that beset thelaunch site, redolent of doubt about himself, and he must haveovercompensated.Yet there were excellent reasons for choosing a male to venture into orbitfirst.Had it not been long accepted that legendary Gveest's revision of thefolk's genetic heritage lacked certain safeguards, currently being suppliedwith all possible expedition? Was it not past a doubt that radiation or evenminor stress might trigger the masculinizing effect again? Which of themission controllers would risk such a doom falling on their own buds--?Unfair! Unfair! They were the latest in line of those who for generations haddedicated themselves to ensuring that the folk of Slah should benefit to thefull from the bequest of that astonishing pioneer of genetic control.Without such experience there could have been no hauqs, no life-supports247248THE CRUCIBLE OF TIMEin space or underwater., and Karg's epoch-making Hight today wouldhave been impossible.'Even so, there were many who resented it!file:///G|/rah/John%20Brunner%20-%20The%20Crucible%20of%20Time [ Pobierz całość w formacie PDF ]
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."The kind of proof we needed to destroy Aglabec," the scientist repliedcomposedly."We maintain a constant watch for massive bodies drifting into thesystem.Recently we spotted one larger than any on record, or more precisely awhole cluster of them, perhaps the nucleus of a giant comet which was strippedof its gas when passing by a hot white star, then whipped into the void again.At first we were afraid they might collide with us, but luckily.Well,you're seeing what saved us: the attraction of an outer planet.So how exactlyis Aglabec going to account for the collision of Swiftyouth with not onemeteorite but maybe half a score of them, each greater than the one thatwashed Voosla and half an ocean high into the hills?"At that very moment the whitened disc of Swiftyouth redoubled in brilliance.Chybee drew back from the ocular and tried to laugh at the prospect ofAglabec's discomfiture.But she could not, any more than she could explain why to her concernedcompanions.She only knew she was in mourning of a sudden, for all themarvelous and lovely beings on--or in--the other planets, whom she had knownso briefly and who now, even to imagination, were lost for evermore.file:///G|/rah/John%20Brunner%20-%20The%20Crucible%20of%20Time.txt (476 of557) [2/14/2004 12:25:10 AM]file:///G|/rah/John%20Brunner%20-%20The%20Crucible%20of%20Time.txtPART SEVENWELLAND FITLYSHAPEDEven before the sun had broached the dawn horizon, warm breezes wafted overthe launching site and made the laqs of gas-globes swell.The missioncontrollers revised their estimates of available lift to record levels, andcongratulated one another on the accuracy of their weather-sense.All was setfair for the first piloted flight beyond the atmosphere, the first attempt toPage 291 ABC Amber Palm Converter, http://www.processtext.com/abcpalm.htmllink a group of orbiting ecosystems into what might become a colony, asettlement, and finally a vehicle, a junq to sail the interstellar sea.Compared to this climactic venture, all that had gone before was trivial.Theseeding of the moon, the fact that the spectra of Swiftyouth and Sunbride keptchanging in amazing fashion since those planets had been sprayed with sporesintended to assure the continuance of life after its home world metdisaster--those were experiments whose results might well not become knownuntil after the race responsible was extinct.Here, on the other claw, was anundertaking designed to ensure that its extermination was postponed.Now, just so long as their chosen pilot didn't let them down.Karg was elated.He felt the eyes of history upon him.Soon his name wouldjoin the roster of the famous; it would be coupled with those ofGveest, Yockerbow, even Jing--file:///G|/rah/John%20Brunner%20-%20The%20Crucible%20of%20Time.txt (477 of557) [2/14/2004 12:25:10 AM]file:///G|/rah/John%20Brunner%20-%20The%20Crucible%20of%20Time.txtStop.t Danger.t He was over the safe limit of euphoria, and took action tocorrect it.He had been adjusting to his life-supports since sundown.Years of experience underwater had accustomed him to similar systems;moonlongs of practice had prepared him for this particular version.Nonetheless it had taken a fair while before he persuaded it to eliminate fromthe cylinder's sealed atmosphere all trace of the pheromones that beset thelaunch site, redolent of doubt about himself, and he must haveovercompensated.Yet there were excellent reasons for choosing a male to venture into orbitfirst.Had it not been long accepted that legendary Gveest's revision of thefolk's genetic heritage lacked certain safeguards, currently being suppliedwith all possible expedition? Was it not past a doubt that radiation or evenminor stress might trigger the masculinizing effect again? Which of themission controllers would risk such a doom falling on their own buds--?Unfair! Unfair! They were the latest in line of those who for generations haddedicated themselves to ensuring that the folk of Slah should benefit to thefull from the bequest of that astonishing pioneer of genetic control.Without such experience there could have been no hauqs, no life-supports247248THE CRUCIBLE OF TIMEin space or underwater., and Karg's epoch-making Hight today wouldhave been impossible.'Even so, there were many who resented it!file:///G|/rah/John%20Brunner%20-%20The%20Crucible%20of%20Time [ Pobierz całość w formacie PDF ]