The People Trap and Other Pitfalls by Robert Sheckley

Author:Robert Sheckley
Language: eng
Format: mobi
Tags: Science Fiction
ISBN: 9781473207646
Publisher: Orion Publishing Group
Published: 2015-12-31T00:00:00+00:00

Within a week, Arnold, Gregor and three Configurators were back in Kennedy Spaceport, their work on Dennett completed. As soon as they landed, Arnold left the ship and caught a taxi. He went first to Canal Street, then to midtown New York. His business didn’t take long, and within a few hours he was back at the ship.

“Yes, it’s all right,” he called to Gregor. “I contacted several different jewelers. We can dispose of about twenty big stones without depressing the market. After that, I think we should have the Configurators concentrate on platinum for a while, and then—what’s wrong?”

Gregor looked at him sourly. “Notice anything different?”

“Huh?” Arnold stared around the cabin, at Gregor, and at the Configurators. Then he noticed it.

There were four Configurators in the cabin, where there had been only three.

“You had them reproduce another?” Arnold said. “Nothing wrong with that. Just tell them to turn out a diamond apiece—”

“You still don’t get it,” Gregor said sadly. “Watch.”

He pressed the button on the nearest Configurator and said, “A diamond.”

The Configurator began to quiver.

“You and your damned pleasure principle,” Gregor said. “Repetition! These damned machines are sex mad.”

The machine shook all over, and produced—

Another Configurator.

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