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Satellite, v. 1, issue 1, October 1938
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11 did not realize that my courage was that of ignorance. I got to the front of the crowd, and there was a hush -- a deadly hush that only made it worse. The horror felt by the woman who first saw the awful thing was nothing compared to mine -- for she had only had a suspicion -- all of them had had only a suspicion. But I knew! Arthur Harris, rejoicing in his power, no longer fearful of it, intended utilizing it to come and see me. He could control it, but he himself had said he would leave the power he possessed free, so that he could just walk right through any walls he would find in his way. There were no cellars underneath the roads so there should be nothing else but solid earth, he reasoned, but... He forgot the large gas and water mains, which were sufficiently near to the surface to make it possible for him to... And there, in the middle of the road were his feet and ankles, sticking up almost absurdly from out the asphalt. He had gone in head first, of course, and got stuck -- stuck, probably, in a gas main where he was asphyxiated. I shall always remember the sudden horror of seeing those feet, of recognizing those peculiar shoes he always wore... THE END IN OUR NEXT ISSUE: "The Call to Arms" by Bob E. Cameron A story that will appeal to all those well versed in the "Who's Who" of science-fiction.
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11 did not realize that my courage was that of ignorance. I got to the front of the crowd, and there was a hush -- a deadly hush that only made it worse. The horror felt by the woman who first saw the awful thing was nothing compared to mine -- for she had only had a suspicion -- all of them had had only a suspicion. But I knew! Arthur Harris, rejoicing in his power, no longer fearful of it, intended utilizing it to come and see me. He could control it, but he himself had said he would leave the power he possessed free, so that he could just walk right through any walls he would find in his way. There were no cellars underneath the roads so there should be nothing else but solid earth, he reasoned, but... He forgot the large gas and water mains, which were sufficiently near to the surface to make it possible for him to... And there, in the middle of the road were his feet and ankles, sticking up almost absurdly from out the asphalt. He had gone in head first, of course, and got stuck -- stuck, probably, in a gas main where he was asphyxiated. I shall always remember the sudden horror of seeing those feet, of recognizing those peculiar shoes he always wore... THE END IN OUR NEXT ISSUE: "The Call to Arms" by Bob E. Cameron A story that will appeal to all those well versed in the "Who's Who" of science-fiction.
não perceberam que minha coragem vinha da ignorancia. Eu cheguei a frente da multidão, e havia um silêncio - um silêncio mortal que tornava tudo pior. O horror da mulher que viu de antemão aquela coisa terrível não era nada comparado ao meu - já que ela só tinha uma suspeita - todos só poderiam suspeitar. Mas eu sabia! Arthur Harris, regozijando-se em seu poder, sem mais teme-lo, na intenção de utilizá-lo ao vir até mim. Ele podia controlá-lo, mas o próprio havia dito que deixaria o poder que possuia livre, para que pudesse caminhar através das paredes que encontrasse em seu caminho. Não havia subsolo nas ruas, então não deveria haver nada além de terra solida, ele ponderou, mas... Ele esqueceu da grande rede de distribuição de gás e água, a qual estava perto o suficiente da superfície para que fosse possível que ele... E ali, no meio da estrada estavam seus pés e tornozelos, projetando-se, quase que absurdamente, para fora do asfalto. Ele tinha ido de cabeça primeiro, é claro, e ficou preso - provavelmene em um tubo de gás onde ele foi asfixiado. Eu devo sempre me lembrar do horror repentino de ver aqueles pés, de reconhecer aqueles sapatos peculiares que ele sempre usava... O fim No nosso próximo tópico: "A chamada ao armamento" por Bob E. Cameron Uma história que vai atrair todos os versados em "Quem é Quem" da ficção científica.
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