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Название книги: The Three Descents Of Jeremy Baker I
Автор(ы): Roger Joseph Zelazny
Жанр: Научная Фантастика
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Jeremy Baker was the only survivor when the Raven's Warton-Purg drive delivered
the vessel to the vicinity of a black hole. Its tidal forces immediately did
their stuff. The hull groaned and cracked as indicators screamed the ship's
situation and listed its problems. Jeremy, who had been somewhat bored, had been
in the possibly enviable position of testing his powerful extravehicular
survival suit at the time of the disaster. He had on everything but the helmet,
which he promptly donned. Then he hurried to the control station with the
intention of activating the Warton-Purg drive again in hopes of fleeing through
extracurricular space -- though under the circumstances it was more likely to
cause the Raven to explode. But then the Raven was exploding anyway and it was
worth a shot.
He never made it.
The vessel came apart about him. He thought he glimpsed the jumpsuited figure of
one of his crewmates spinning amid the debris, but he could not