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Название книги: Ghost War
Автор(ы): Michael Stackpole
Жанр: Боевая фантастика
Адрес книги: http://www.6lib.ru/books/Ghost-War-226989.html
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Wise men think twice before they act once.—Ancient Terran proverbLeary’s EyrieJoppa, HelenPrefecture III, Republic of the Sphere13 November 3132I once heard someone complain that the two most abundant things in the universe were hydrogen and stupidity, but she declined to say which led the way. I figure that in the random distribution of things throughout the universe, hydrogen probably has the edge, but in Leary’s Eyrie stupidity was being stockpiled at an alarming rate. This wasn’t unusual or even rare, but the pressure of it seemed to dull even smart folks and fray nerves.I’d come to the Eyrie hoping for a Tri-Vid beer ad. Not for a specific advert, mind you, but the sort of situation they depict: warm night, hot woman, cold beer, sweat—on the beer bottle and otherwise. I wanted the full-on fantasy that had inspired generations of men to swill the liquid that gave them the bellies they sucked in when such a woman appeared in their midst. I knew it was a fantasy, but that was all we had out here in the hi
Название книги: Ghost War
Автор(ы): Michael Stackpole
Жанр: Боевая фантастика
Адрес книги: http://www.6lib.ru/books/Ghost-War-226989.html
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Wise men think twice before they act once.—Ancient Terran proverbLeary’s EyrieJoppa, HelenPrefecture III, Republic of the Sphere13 November 3132I once heard someone complain that the two most abundant things in the universe were hydrogen and stupidity, but she declined to say which led the way. I figure that in the random distribution of things throughout the universe, hydrogen probably has the edge, but in Leary’s Eyrie stupidity was being stockpiled at an alarming rate. This wasn’t unusual or even rare, but the pressure of it seemed to dull even smart folks and fray nerves.I’d come to the Eyrie hoping for a Tri-Vid beer ad. Not for a specific advert, mind you, but the sort of situation they depict: warm night, hot woman, cold beer, sweat—on the beer bottle and otherwise. I wanted the full-on fantasy that had inspired generations of men to swill the liquid that gave them the bellies they sucked in when such a woman appeared in their midst. I knew it was a fantasy, but that was all we had out here in the hi
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