A Gift from EarthA solitary mountain rises from the searing, toxic blackness of the planet. The organ banks are the centre of this world. To them the subservient colonists contribute living limbs, and from them the overlords obtain the vital parts that keep them alive |
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Page 76
... inside ? The Hospital was big , and he knew nothing about the interior . The lighted windows bothered him . Didn't the Hospital ever sleep ? The stars shone bright and cold . Each time he stopped to rest , the Hospital was a little ...
... inside ? The Hospital was big , and he knew nothing about the interior . The lighted windows bothered him . Didn't the Hospital ever sleep ? The stars shone bright and cold . Each time he stopped to rest , the Hospital was a little ...
Page 87
... inside the wall , the faintest of sounds : regular footsteps , distant voices . They were the business of the Hospital and had nothing to do with Matt . Outside the wall nothing changed . " Get me in there , " he pleaded , to himself or ...
... inside the wall , the faintest of sounds : regular footsteps , distant voices . They were the business of the Hospital and had nothing to do with Matt . Outside the wall nothing changed . " Get me in there , " he pleaded , to himself or ...
Page 147
... inside to attack him so , though he saw no justice in it , for there was none . Laney , Hood , Harry Kane , Lydia — they must be fanatics , or why would they sell their lives for a hopeless revolu- tion ? Being fanatics , they would ...
... inside to attack him so , though he saw no justice in it , for there was none . Laney , Hood , Harry Kane , Lydia — they must be fanatics , or why would they sell their lives for a hopeless revolu- tion ? Being fanatics , they would ...
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