{"id":332,"date":"2026-01-03T20:33:42","date_gmt":"2026-01-03T20:33:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/epub-book.com\/download\/trader-of-the-stars-anderson-poul\/"},"modified":"2026-01-03T20:33:42","modified_gmt":"2026-01-03T20:33:42","slug":"trader-of-the-stars-anderson-poul","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/epub-book.com\/download\/trader-of-the-stars-anderson-poul\/","title":{"rendered":"Trader of The Stars – Anderson, Poul"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\u201cLe roi a fait battre tambour,<\/p>\n

Le roi a fait battre tambour-\u201d <\/p>\n

Gunnar Heim halted in midstride. He stood a while, turning his head in search of the voice that had risen out of the dark.<\/p>\n

\u201cPour voir toutes ces dames.<\/p>\n

Et la premiere qu\u2019il a vue-\u201d <\/p>\n

It was some distance off, almost lost in the background of machine rumble to landward of the docks.<\/p>\n

But only one man was likely to be making his mock with that sinister old ballad, in San Francisco on this night.<\/p>\n

\u201cLut a ravi son ame.Rataplan! Rataplan!Rataplan-plan-plan-plan!\u201d <\/p>\n

Heim started after the sound. He could still move fast and softly when he wanted to. In a moment his<\/p>\n

ears picked up the ring and snarl of a guitar played in anger.<\/p>\n

\u201cRataplan!Rataplan!Rataplan-plan-plan-plan!\u201d <\/p>\n

Warehouses bulked black on his right. At this hour not very long before dawn, the city had dimmed; there was only a reddish haze above the roofs, and the remote luminous leap of the palace towers on Nob Hill. To the left a cargo submarine lay like a sleek moon-scaled dragon, but no longshore robots or men were at work around it. The bay was ebony and a shimmer of glade. Kilometers distant, the hills on the eastern shore made a wall besprinkled with artificial stars. The real stars were wan, and so was the defense satellite that climbed rapidly into view-as if all suns had withdrawn from a planet gone strengthless. Luna stood at half phase near the zenith. He could not see the light-spot of Apollo City on the dark side, through the damp autumn air.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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