{"id":281,"date":"2026-01-03T20:31:30","date_gmt":"2026-01-03T20:31:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/epub-book.com\/download\/tau-zero-the-dark-between-the-stars-shield-anderson-poul\/"},"modified":"2026-01-03T20:31:30","modified_gmt":"2026-01-03T20:31:30","slug":"tau-zero-the-dark-between-the-stars-shield-anderson-poul","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/epub-book.com\/download\/tau-zero-the-dark-between-the-stars-shield-anderson-poul\/","title":{"rendered":"Tau Zero” & “The Dark Between the Stars” & “Shield” – Anderson, Poul"},"content":{"rendered":"
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For a moment, as he looked across megalopolis, something like terror caught him. What do I do now?<\/p>\n

Reddened by haze, the sun was dropping behind a Center, which bulked black against a sky where aircraft moved like glittering midges. The whole horizon was full of such unitized sub-cities and company towers. But closer at handKoskinen saw how the skyline was an illusion. The great buildings stood well apart, separated by a huddle of warehouses, factories, low-class tenements.Tubeways knit them together, curves which soared and gleamed in the last sunshine; but underneathlay a prosaic web of streets, belts and monorails. In the early darkness below the walls, lights had already switched on, twinkling from ground-level windows, outdoor lamps,cars and trains. The silence in this room, a hundred stories up, made the spectacle unreal, a glimpse from a foreign planet.<\/p>\n

AbruptlyKoskinen turned theviewall off. The scene in it reverted to a random flow of pastel colors. He didn\u2019t play the records which a list offered him, not even the Hawaiian surf or the Parisian cabaret which had fascinated him this morning. Keep your shadow shows, he thought. I want something I can touch and taste and smell.<\/p>\n

There were the hotel\u2019s own facilities, garden, swimming pools, gym, theater, bars,restaurants , almost anything he chose to buy or hire. He could afford first class, with five years\u2019 back pay in his kick. Then there was thesupertown itself. Or he could catch astratoship to a more western city, transfer to a local flyer, rent a flitter at the edge of a national park, and sleep this night beside a forest lake. Or\u2014<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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