The Hand by Robert F. Young

Author:Robert F. Young [Young, Robert F.]
Format: epub, mobi
Tags: Sci-Fi Short
Published: 2010-03-07T18:12:52.843000+00:00

AFTER inspecting the rig and finding it undamaged he entered the mule, unsuited and climbed the companionway to his cabin. He poured a drinking glass nearly full of bourbon and raised it to his lips. The first swallow exploded in his stomach and sent shockwaves all the way to his fingers and toes. However, not until the glass was empty did he attain the lucid interval that precedes alcoholic deterioration of the thought processes and become able to analyze his situation objectively. (1) The fact that RHO-ixviii storms seldom traveled as far sunward as the Belt did not necessarily call into question the appearance of the giantess in the polka-dot skirt.

(2) The fact that Hell Winds had never been known to reach beyond the orbit of Earth did not necessarily imply that one of them could not.

(3) The nearly coincidental appearance of two such phenomena involved astronomical odds hut, given eternity, such odds were not insuperable and the cosmic racing form was both big enough and broad enough to admit them.

Conclusion: Neither the RHO storm nor the Hell Wind nor their juxtaposition in space and time could he credited to an attempt on the part of some cosmic force—or, to call a spade a spade, a supreme being—to thwart the rape of the hand.

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