"01 - Armageddon, the Musical (b)" - читать интересную книгу автора (Rankin Robert)

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For now, the mother computer simply recorded that a blip had vanished from the main-screen, and pro­nounced, 'Car down, nuclear hazard, no survivors. Repeat no survivors,’

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There's one reborn every minute. Dalai Dan

'Shame,’ said Haff Ffnsh, 'I had high hopes for him.'

'Closedown on that one, I'm afraid. Do you want me to cover the crash? It's quite unexceptional.'

'No.' Haff stroked an organic module and the screen's membrane darkened. 'Fade up on the Dalai and we'll check the day's doings.'

'Dull, dull, dull.'

'Mr Madoc's directive. We are but pawns in the game.'

'This station could do with a change of management. If I was at the helm, things would be different.'

'Your views on the subject are well known to me. Constant repetition does little to improve my opinion of them.'

'Just one week,' said Jovil Jspht, 'or even a day, you'd see some viewing figures, I can tell you.'

'What, killer maggots from the Earth's core? Do me a favour.'

'I've circulated my memorandum. It's legitimate ma­terial, Holy Writ stuff.'

'Mr Jspht, you are assistant controller of the largest network production in the galaxy. Many would envy you your position. Many, in fact, seek to take it. Why can you not simply do the job you are paid so handsomely for?'

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'No-one recognizes my true talents; come the revolu­tion . . .'

'It did come. Perhaps you were at lunch, you so often are.'

'One day the whole world will know my name,’ said Jovil Jspht.

'Very possibly, but few will be able to pronounce it. Kindly manipulate your module.'

'This is the time

This is the place

The time to face

What the fates have in store

It's double or drop