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Course, by Mack Reynolds (AKA Dallas McCord Reynolds)
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Title: Off Course
Author: Mack Reynolds (AKA Dallas McCord Reynolds)
Illustrator: Kelly Freas
Release Date: September 19, 2009 [EBook #30035]
Language: English
Character set encoding: ASCII
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Shure and begorra, it was a great day for the Earth! The first envoy from another world was about to speak--that is, if he could forget that horse for a minute....
off course
By Mack Reynolds
Illustrated by Kelly Freas
First on the scene were Larry Dermott and Tim Casey of the State Highway Patrol. They assumed they were witnessing the crash of a new type of Air Force plane and slipped and skidded desperately across the field to within thirty feet of the strange craft, only to discover that the landing had been made without accident.
Patrolman Dermott shook his head. "They're gettin' queerer looking every year. Get a load of it--no wheels, no propeller, no cockpit."
They left the car and made their way toward the strange egg-shaped vessel.
Tim Casey loosened his .38 in its holster and said, "Sure, and I'm beginning to wonder if it's one o