You silly," said Abdul, "those clouds don' mean nothing. I see'd them plenty a'ready. It was jus' coincidence that they was in the sky before Koos an" Piet was drowned."
"Yes," said Kielbiet, "it's nonsense. Have a drink. You'll go fish all right.


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Captain Flane to the bridge!” A voice called over the intercom at his bedside. Flane stirred, pond...
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Moments later, Sona Kilroy, heading for the open doorway, stepped over the sergeant’s body. With a...
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Being captain of such a vessel was not a stressful job, despite the sheer size of the thing. Everyth...
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Ses’ach L’ru!” Came the slightly muffled chorus. This was Ruminarii for ‘Hail the Captain.�...
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On any given day, Ossifar Distana carried around 5000 passengers, the actual figure varying slightly...
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We got to see a Corsair ship up close – all matt black, no markings, no lights – and practically...
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For Commander Ripley Jones, it was becoming more and more troublesome. It had been said that nothing...
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What the hell was that?” he asked no-one in particular. “Did they ram us?”
“Uh – nega...
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When religious law becomes civil law, does the state not cease being secular, and become theocratic ...
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Soon it would be his turn. Kaine wondered how he would meet Death. His ship was a mess, in every sen...
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As you may follow, they are an extremely hostile species (i.e. there is no word for ‘welcome’ in...
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For the gaming fishermen there was the Whatoosie River and its native cocka-snoek, the main game fis...
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Any religion which demands death for other people is itself worthy of nothing less than it expects f...
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The Doktor was very vond, I mean fond of Vluffy, so he gave him a flame-proof doggie-jacket. It was ...
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So rich a client having suffered such a messy death was an unsettling embarrassment to Captain Haral...
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He slumped down in the command seat and shut off the irritating alarm. He sighed again. It seemed to...
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Where would tourism be without a little luxury and a taste of night life? There were several cities ...
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In a nice little house in Atro City there lived a man called Doktor Gleichstein. He was a kind of sc...
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Beaming into the thick of a tree without becoming a lifelong tree hugger was a tricky business. A pr...
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Death was right on time. He staggered backward on legs of ether. He could see it – a dark shadowy ...
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An advanced human rights friendly Constitution is fine and well - but what good is it if it is not p...
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If you hate others in the name of God, you should be looking within to see where it stopped being ab...
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Be assured, a God who spoke the universe into existence would not need grains of dust to fight holy ...
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The idea that all people can and should live together in peace is not really a new one - but yet in ...
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It seems to me that those who claim to be 'true' and 'bible believing' Christians and yet spend all ...
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The weapon he held in his sweaty grip was one of a small consignment of prototypes received at the l...
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Christians believe their God gave us all free will - strange that for over 2000 years, they have tri...
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Isn't lying supposed to be a 'sin'? or is it okay to lie when trying to make people you hate look ba...
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Some people do everything, some do something, many do nothing - which is bad enough - but the worst ...
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Advocacy groups in the USA, as in other countries, may not be able to silence this hateful, cowardly...
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Usually, people who ask 'do you know who I am?' don't have a clue themselves.
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What I know from history is this: Those who do not appreciate their freedom and aren't prepared to p...
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As far as I am concerned, bigotry in strawberry or vanilla flavor is still bigotry.
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It is quite ironic that those calling the loudest for 'morality' are typically the most immoral of a...
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Ironically people will thank a deity for 'letting' them win a race, but blame a 'witch' if they stum...
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When you think of the amount of turnover and profit made by most companies in this country - and esp...
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Our community deserves leaders who should know what debates and arguments are better conducted out o...
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The Tourist Office would put it back up again before somebody noticed and didn’t come to Deanna fo...
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The bulkheads were close together, the ceilings low above their helmets. Not much space in there to ...
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Mykl d’Angelo groaned where he sat slumped in his chair. The irritating noise was unsettling his p...
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These mods made significant improvements to the cars – enough so that I changed my mind (another p...
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The Imperial Senate, ever conscious of the weight of public opinion resting on the tip of the pencil...
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The universe is so vast, so immense, we can never expect to explore it all. It is in effect, not so ...
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Damage report, sir?” Skotchdopole asked, climbing off his console into his seat.
“To hell w...
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The machine demanded access codes. As he entered the first, a faint whispering sound startled him, c...
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Before We Begin
Is Your Bug A nice clean original car that looks almost like it
left the s...
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Tracey hurriedly shut the door behind her to prevent the flames that had been licking hungrily at he...
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Time did exist here, in small amounts (well some of the time) – and there were feint eddies and cu...
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But it’s a hundred and twelve years old!” He protested.
“She still works pretty good.” ...
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At forty two years, Sona Kilroy stood tall and strapping, a powerful figure. Rising to the rank of A...
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Swallowing, he entered the second code. Then there was a sound like a marble dropping on the floor -...
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The Doktor was an old man. When he was a kid, his Dad bought him a chemistry set. He never played wi...
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The passenger liner Ossifar Distana was one of the most luxurious of its kind in space anywhere. It ...
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Despite the honor of being remembered as the first colonist to set foot on Deanna, he was also credi...
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Apparently some rustlers had been swiping red-horned wildebeest from farms in the San Fedora area an...
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The reason for the peculiar name could be found in the whimsical sense of humor of the early colonis...
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Ramalama was moving higher in the sky already, the day was getting on. He was going to be late getti...
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I don't think it matters so much who we love - what matters is that we love.
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Many times we refer to people who express hate or behave in a barbaric, savage 'inhuman' way as 'ani...
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There are enough real enemies and threats in the world without having to invent imaginary ones.
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How in any way does EQUALITY with other people equate to 'religious persecution'? Does the survival ...
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If you 'don't do politics' , trust me - politics will do you.
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How very like humans to pervert a message of love and peace to make it into an ideology of war and o...
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