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    The Repairman
    The Repairman
    The Repairman
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    The Repairman

    By Harry Harrison

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    Release dateMay 1, 2011
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    Harry Harrison

    Harry H Harrison Jr. is a bestselling writer with more than 3.5 million books in print. He has been the subject of two documentaries. His books have been listed on the New York Times and Book Sense list of bestselling non-fiction trade paperback books for over ten years. They are also available in some thirty foreign countries.  

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      The Repairman - Harry Harrison

      The Project Gutenberg EBook of The Repairman, by Harry Harrison

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      Title: The Repairman

      Author: Harry Harrison

      Illustrator: Kramer

      Release Date: July 14, 2007 [EBook #22073]

      Language: English

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      The Repairman

      By Harry Harrison

      Illustrated by Kramer

      Being an interstellar trouble shooter wouldn’t be so bad … if I could shoot the trouble!

      The Old Man had that look of intense glee on his face that meant someone was in for a very rough time. Since we were alone, it took no great feat of intelligence to figure it would be me. I talked first, bold attack being the best defense and so forth.

      I quit. Don’t bother telling me what dirty job you have cooked up, because I have already quit and you do not want to reveal company secrets to me.

      The grin was even wider now and he actually chortled as he thumbed a button on his console. A thick legal document slid out of the delivery slot onto his desk.

      This is your contract, he said. It tells how and when you will work. A steel-and-vanadium-bound contract that you couldn’t crack with a molecular disruptor.

      I leaned out quickly, grabbed it and threw it into the air with a single motion. Before it could fall, I had my Solar out and, with a wide-angle shot, burned the contract to ashes.

      The Old Man pressed the button again and another contract slid out on his desk. If possible, the smile was still wider now.

      "I should have said a duplicate of your contract—like this one here. He made a quick note on his secretary plate. I have deducted 13 credits from your salary for the cost of the duplicate—as well as a 100-credit fine for firing a Solar inside a building."

      I slumped, defeated, waiting for the blow to land. The Old Man fondled my contract.

      According to this document, you can’t quit. Ever. Therefore I have a little job I know you’ll enjoy. Repair job. The Centauri beacon has shut down. It’s a Mark III beacon.…

      "What kind of beacon?" I asked him. I have repaired hyperspace beacons from one arm of the Galaxy to

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