Ghost Planet by Leinster Murray

Author:Leinster, Murray [Leinster, Murray]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: NewBook

BUT when it was released the metal melted from its own stored trigger energy. Inability to control the temperature the melted metal would reach had made it impractical for casting and it had never had an actual industrial application.

“The point is,” Tom told McGuire,” that borderline matter or stuff on the thin edge of being real can penetrate our matter without being disturbed. A plane flew through that globe over the polo field and nothing happened.

“But if the plane had been charged up with trigger-energy as its charged molecules encountered the uncharged molecules of ghost matter they’d have to discharge. The latent energy would go to the ghost matter molecules.

“But since energy can’t leave this cosmos the ghost matter molecules would come into our space and become real—and since matter can only enter our cosmos if other matter leaves it the discharged molecules would go into the other cosmos.

“In other words I think a plane charged with trigger-energy flying into a globe would turn to ghost matter and an exactly equal amount of ghost-matter would turn real, atom for atom and molecule for molecule. Here’s the math.”

McGuire checked carefully, and then began to pace up and down the laboratory. “It looks right,” he said. He said uneasily, “If the Government got hold of this, there’d be atomic bombs charged with trigger-energy. Dropped on the Ghost Planet they’d become that other kind of matter and explode there.”

“Undoubtedly,” said Tom, “They could do the same to us. We’re ghosts to them as they’re ghosts to us.”

“I’ve got to think,” said McGuire abruptly.

“I,” admitted Tom, “could do with some sleep.”

He went out, stumbling a little, and had to ask a servant where he was supposed to sleep. On the way he saw Lan and Kit. They were walking together in the garden and Lan was in the middle of some enthusiastic explanation.

He was immaculate and the sunlight glinted on his hair. He made a graceful gesture and put his hand on Kit’s shoulder. She looked up at him and smiled and then saw Tom.

“How’s it going, Tom?” She called eagerly.

“Got some stuff designed,” said Tom and yawned. “Your father’s working on it now.”

He went on wearily to the quarters assigned to him and to Lan together. He saw himself in a mirror His clothes were wilted and rumpled, his hair hopelessly uncombed. His eyes were red from strain and altogether he was not a pretty sight. Compared to Lan— He surveyed himself for a moment.

“Oh, the heck with it!” he growled. He lay down and was instantly asleep.

The newscasters had a busy evening, while he slept. There were interviews with eyewitnesses of the Cleveland seizure of Arthur V. Handmetter and a broadcast of astronomical motion-pictures of the Ghost Planet. There were re-enactments of a seizure or kidnapping in Chungking.

There were announcements by the heads of the official Government astronomical research project, who managed to put into their discussions of the “comet”—they carefully said nothing significant—plugs for more money for their staffs and equipment.

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