Bolos: Their Finest Hour by Keith Laumer

Author:Keith Laumer [Laumer, Keith]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Tags: Science Fiction - Adventure, Science fiction; American, Fiction - Science Fiction, Space warfare, Science Fiction - Military, Space Opera, Robots, Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945), Fiction, Science Fiction, Science Fiction - General, Adventure, Science Fiction - Anthologies, General
ISBN: 9781439133750
Publisher: Baen Books
Published: 2010-08-03T04:00:00+00:00

Chapter 4

In a modest retirees' apartment block in the coast town of Idlebreeze, forty miles from the scene of the freak quake, an old man sat in a reclining chair, half dozing before a yammering Tri-D tank.

". . . Grandpa," a sharp-voiced young woman was saying. "It's time for you to go in to bed."

"Bed? Why do I want to go to bed? Can't sleep anyway . . . ." He stirred, made a pretense of sitting up, showing an interest in the Tri-D. "I'm watching this show. Don't bother me."

"It's not a show, it's the news," a fattish boy said disgustedly. "Ma, can I switch channels—"

"Leave it alone, Bennie," the old man said. On the screen a panoramic scene spread out, a stretch of barren ground across which a furrow showed. As he watched, it lengthened.

". . . up here at the Intermix we have a fine view of the whole curious business, lazangemmun," the announcer chattered. "And in our opinion it's some sort of publicity stunt staged by the Port Authority to publicize their controversial port project—"

"Ma, can I change channels?"

"Go ahead, Bennie—"

"Don't touch it," the old man said. The fattish boy reached for the control, but something in the old man's eye stopped him . . . .

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