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    Off Course
    Off Course
    Off Course
    Ebook33 pages20 minutes

    Off Course

    By Mack Reynolds and Kelly Freas

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    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherArchive Classics
    Release dateNov 26, 2013
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      Off Course - Mack Reynolds

      Project Gutenberg's Off Course, by Mack Reynolds (AKA Dallas McCord Reynolds)

      This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with

      almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it, give it away or

      re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included

      with this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.net

      Title: Off Course

      Author: Mack Reynolds (AKA Dallas McCord Reynolds)

      Illustrator: Kelly Freas

      Release Date: September 19, 2009 [EBook #30035]

      Language: English

      *** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK OFF COURSE ***

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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 of ours. No insignia and—

      A circular door slid open at that point and Dameri Tass stepped out, yawning. He spotted them,

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