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The Pilot and the Bushman - Sylvia Jacobs
THE PILOT AND THE BUSHMAN
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Sylvia Jacobs
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THE PILOT AND THE BUSHMAN
THE PILOT AND THE BUSHMAN
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THE AMBASSADOR FROM OUTER SPACE sprang to his feet, taking Jerry’s extended hand in a firm, warm grasp. Jerry had been prepared for almost anything—a scholarly brontosaurus, perhaps, or an educated squid or giant caterpillar with telepathic powers. But the Ambassador didn’t even have antennae, gills, or green hair. He was a completely normal and even handsome human being.
Scotch? Cigar?
the Ambassador offered cordially. How can I help you, Mr. Jergins?
Studying him, Jerry decided there was something peculiar about this extraterrestrial, after all. He was too perfect. His shave was too close, his skin so unblemished as to suggest wax-works. Every strand of his distinguished iron-gray hair was impeccably placed. The negligent and just-right drape of his clothes covered a body shaped like a Sixth Century B.C. piece of Greek sculpture. No mere human could have looked so unruffled, so utterly groomed, at three o’clock in the afternoon, in a busy office. A race, Jerry wondered, capable of taking any shape at will, in mimicry of the indigenous race of any planet?
"You can help me, but I’m not sure you will, Jerry said.
The rumor is that you won’t do anything to ease this buyers’ strike you started on Earth."
The Ambassador smiled. You’re a man who’s not used to taking no for an answer, I gather. What’s your proposition?
I’d like to contact some of the firms on the Federated Planets, show them how I could promote their merchandise on Earth. Earth is already clamoring for their goods. To establish a medium of exchange, we’d have to run simultaneous campaigns, promoting Earth merchandise on other planets.
That would be difficult, even for a man of your promotional ability,
the Ambassador said winningly. You see, Earth is the only planet we’ve yet discovered where advertising—or promotion, to use the broader term—exists as a social and economic force.
How in hell can anybody do business without it?
Jerry demanded.
We don’t do business in the sense you mean. Don’t mistake me,
the Ambassador added hastily, "we don’t have precisely a