"Asimov, Isaac - Anniversary" - читать интересную книгу автора (Asimov Isaac)

"So? Look, John Hester was on the ship, and he was an important
scientist too. Not in Quentin's league, but important. As a matter of
fact, I was next to him at the last dinner before the rock hit us. Well,



just because Quentin died in the same wreck, Hester's death was
drowned out. No one ever remembers Hester died on the Silver
Queen. They only remember Quentin. We may be forgotten too, but
at least we're alive."

"I tell you what," said Brandon after a period of silence during
which Moore's rationale had obviously failed to take, "we're ma-
rooned again. Twenty years ago today, we were marooned off Vesta.
Today, we're marooned in oblivion. Now here are the three of us
back together again at last, and what happened before can happen
again. Twenty years ago, Warren pulled us down to Vesta. Now
let's solve this new problem."

"Wipe out the oblivion, you mean?" said Moore. "Make ourselves
famous?"

"Sure. Why not? Do you know of any better way of celebrating a
twentieth anniversary?"

"No, but I'd be interested to know where you expect to start. I
don't think people remember the Silver Queen at all, except for
Quentin, so you'll have to think of some way of bringing the
wreck back to rnind. That's just to begin with."

Shea stirred uneasily and a thoughtful expression crossed his blunt
countenance. "Some people remember the Silver Queen. The in-
surance company does, and you know that's a funny thing, now that
you bring up the matter. I was on Vesta about ten-eleven years
ago, and I asked if the piece of wreck we brought down was still
there and they said sure, who would cart it away? So I thought I'd
take a look at it and shot over by reaction motor strapped to my
back. With Vestan gravity, you know, a reaction motor is all you
need. Anyway, I didn't get to see it except from a distance. It was
circled off by force field."

Brandon's eyebrows went sky-high. "Our Silver Queen? For what
reason?"

"I went back and asked how come? They didn't tell me and they
said they didn't know I was going there. They said it belonged to
the insurance company."

Moore nodded. "Surely. They took over when they paid off. I
signed a release, giving up my salvage rights when I accepted the