Second Variety And Other Stories
“Robot work-trucks were starting to rumble past. A gutter slot sucked night debris greedily. A vanishing headline caught his eye momentarily: PACIFIC TUBE COMPLETED; ASIAN LAND MASS LINKED He passed on away from the corner, hands in his pockets, looking for Farley's house.
Past the usual Worldcraft Store with its conspicuous motto: "Own Your Own World!" Down a short grass-lined walk and onto a sloping tilt-front porch. Up three imitation marble stairs. Then Hull flicked his hand before the code ...beam and the door melted away.
The house was still. Hull found the ascent tube to the second floor and peered up. No sound.
Warm air blew around him, tinged with faint smells -- smells of food and people and familiar objects.
Had they gone? No. It was only the third day; they'd be around someplace, maybe up on the roof terrace.
He ascended to the second floor and found it also vacant. But distant sounds drifted to his ears.
A tinkle of laughter, a man's voice. A woman's -- perhaps Julia's. He hoped so -- hoped she were still conscious.MoreLess
Past the usual Worldcraft Store with its conspicuous motto: "Own Your Own World!" Down a short grass-lined walk and onto a sloping tilt-front porch. Up three imitation marble stairs. Then Hull flicked his hand before the code ...beam and the door melted away.
The house was still. Hull found the ascent tube to the second floor and peered up. No sound.
Warm air blew around him, tinged with faint smells -- smells of food and people and familiar objects.
Had they gone? No. It was only the third day; they'd be around someplace, maybe up on the roof terrace.
He ascended to the second floor and found it also vacant. But distant sounds drifted to his ears.
A tinkle of laughter, a man's voice. A woman's -- perhaps Julia's. He hoped so -- hoped she were still conscious.MoreLess
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