Аннотация
Robert A. Heinlein
Beyond This Horizon
For Cal Mickey and Both J's
CHAPTER ONE
"All of them should have been very happy-"
THEIR problems were solved: the poor they no longer had with them; the sick, the lame, the halt, and the blind were historic memories; the ancient causes of war no longer obtained; they had more freedom than Man has ever enjoyed. All of them should have been happy-
Hamilton Felix let himself off at the thirteenth level of the Department of Finance, mounted a slideway to the left, and stepped off the strip at a door marked:
BUREAU OF ECONOMIC STATISTICS
Office of Analysis and Prediction
Director
PRIVATE
He punched the door with a code combination, and awaited face check. It came promptly; the door dilated, and a voice inside said, "Come in, Felix."
He stepped inside, glanced at his host and remarked, "You make ninety-eight."
"Ninety-eight what?"
"Ninety-eight sourpusses in the last...
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