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    The Genius
    The Genius
    The Genius
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    The Genius

    By Con Pederson and Paul Orban

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    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherArchive Classics
    Release dateNov 27, 2013
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      The Genius - Con Pederson

      The Project Gutenberg EBook of The Genius, by Con Pederson and Paul Orban

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

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      Title: The Genius

      Author: Con Pederson

      Paul Orban

      Release Date: June 17, 2010 [EBook #32861]

      Language: English

      *** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK THE GENIUS ***

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      THE GENIUS

      By Con Pederson

      Illustrated by Paul Orban

      [Transcriber Note: This etext was produced from IF Worlds of Science Fiction May 1954. Extensive research did not uncover any evidence that the U.S. copyright on this publication was renewed.]

      Sethos was a great artist, a talented man, quite possibly the most famous man of his time and world. But, alas!—there were other worlds. And is not the grass always greener...?

      Sethos entered the park. Brown autumn leaves crumpled sharply beneath his feet, the green grass sank. The sun was nearly gone, and the last of the children passed him, chattering as they faded into the twilight. Only one other person remained in the park, and she was waiting for Sethos.

      Ela, he said. Have you been here long?

      She touched his cheek with hers in greeting.

      Not at all. I'm in no hurry. She handed him a cigarette as they walked together, then lit her own and breathed deeply of the scented fumes. Nothing special about Matya's parties—unless she has that intriguing man there again. What's his name? You know—

      You must mean Andian, the sculptor. The man who built North Square, to hear him talk. What about him?

      Ela laughed. He'd never heard of my fluid porcelain. Isn't that silly? After everyone in West has been overwhelmed with the color effects, he turns up, a perfect innocent. I showed him pliables.

      Smiling, Sethos recalled it was Ela's enthusiasm that had first attracted him, as it had most of the males in their clique. Then too, she was beautiful, with startling gold hair and a delicate round face that always aroused flattery. Tonight he felt especially aware of her beside him, and the quick beat of her sandals on the pavement.

      The lights of Matya's hillhouse gleamed before them, enticing all who wandered through West Park this evening. The party had started, as parties always did, at that unknown instant shortly before the first guest's arrival. It was thriving now, for the colors behind the contoured glass facade

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