The Covenant by Poul Anderson & Isaac Asimov & Robert Sheckley & Murray Leinster & Robert Bloch

Author:Poul Anderson & Isaac Asimov & Robert Sheckley & Murray Leinster & Robert Bloch [Anderson, Poul]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781600893964
Published: 2013-07-10T16:00:00+00:00

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Space and time recognize no differences, no difficulties, no separations. Near and far, ‘past and present’ are terms for men to use; but the forces of space and time are not contained in terms.

So, in another part of the galaxy, at another time and place, an event was taking place whose meaning was crucial to Ban and also to his people.

On a planet named by its inhabitants Hiallo, a small red crustacean dropped to the sandy ocean floor. Far from his burrow, he moodily contemplated the mysterious ways of love. He considered the reasons for his rejection by the brood-queen. He thought of his position in life, the honors he had attained, the chances he had missed. He wondered about the ocean of air far above him, distant, hidden.

He finished thinning. With one powerful claw he pinched off his head, thus committing the eight thousandth suicide for that year upon Hiallo.

His act was in no way remarkable. Rejection by the brood-queen was normally followed by suicide upon Hiallo. And yet, this one particular act was crucial to Ban and his people.

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