Human-alien encounters -- Fiction; Life on other planets -- Fiction; Science fiction; Short stories; Space ships -- Fiction
"He remembers the same old routine," Simmons said. "Here we go again."
Barnhart didn't say anything. In the close confines of a spaceship
there was bound to be a certain degree of informality.
He stepped inside his cabin at the end of the corridor and did what he
always did at fifteen hundred hours.
York and the first mate were deeply disturbed.
Barnhart looked out at them sharply. "Well, spacemen, I run a taut ship
here. I expect everyone to hit the mark. Adhere to the line. Follow my
example. Snap to it!"
Simmons looked at York and his shoulders sagged. They couldn't go
through the whole thing again, the marooning, the rescue, then this.
That routine would drive them crazy.
Even this was preferable.
They joined Barnhart in geoplancting.
End of the Project Gutenberg EBook of Always a Qurono, by Jim Harmon
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