Аннотация
Fair Game
by Philip K. Dick
Professor Anthony Douglas lowered gratefully into his red-leather easy chair and sighed. A long sigh, accompanied by labored removal of his shoes and numerous grunts as he kicked them into the corner. He folded his hands across his ample middle and lay back, eyes closed.
“Tired?” Laura Douglas asked, turning from the kitchen stove a moment, her dark eyes sympathetic.
“You’re darn right.” Douglas surveyed the evening paper across from him on the couch. Was it worth it? No, not really. He felt around in his coat pocket for his cigarettes and lit up slowly, leisurely. “Yeah, I’m tired, all right. We’re starting a whole new line of research. Whole flock of bright young men in from Washington today. Briefcases and slide rules.”
“Not—”
“Oh, I’m still in charge.” Professor Douglas grinned expansively. “Perish the thought.” Pale gray cigarette smoke billowed around him. “It’ll be another few years before they’re ahead of me. Th...
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