The Continent Makers And Other Tales Of The Viagens - Plot & Excerpts
2114-2140Finished“It won’t work forever,” said Abreu gloomily. “Keep up a technological blockade, and at the same time allow communication between Krishnans and beings from other planets? Bah! Why doesn’t the damned Interplanetary Council ask us something easy, like lighting the Sadabao Sea with a match?”Comandante Silva, who had come over from his planet for the conference, looked amused. “We have no trouble on Vishnu, and moreover we run the station without red tape. Your forms, Senhor Cristôvão, are getting notorious—”Abreu turned pink and began to bounce in his chair. “Easy for you to criticize, Senhor Augusto. You know Bembom’s a little station compared to Novorecife, and that your Vishnuvans are simple-minded children compared to Krishnans.”“I only said your red tape was getting notorious, which—”“But I tell you—”“Which it is—”“Queira, senhores,” interrupted Kennedy. As the Comandante of Novorecife was the S.O.P., the others subsided.
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