A Spaceship Named McGuire

A Spaceship Named McGuire

A Spaceship Named McGuireo. Nobody ever deliberately named a spaceship that. The staid and stolid minds that...
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Author: Garrett, Randall,1927-1987
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A Spaceship Named McGuire

A Spaceship Named McGuire

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A Spaceship Named McGuire

¥2,002 ¥1,000
Author: Garrett, Randall,1927-1987
Format: eBook
Language: English

A Spaceship Named McGuire

o. Nobody ever deliberately named a spaceship that. The staid and stolid minds that run the companies which design and build spaceships rarely let their minds run to fancy. The only example I can think of is the unsung hero of the last century who had puckish imagination enough to name the first atomic-powered submarine Nautilus. Such minds are rare. Most minds equate dignity with dullness. This ship happened to have a magnetogravitic drive, which automatically put it into the MG class. It also happened to be the first successful model to be equipped with a Yale robotic brain, so it was given the designation MG-YR-7the first six had had more bugs in them than a Leopoldville tenement. The next step was to get someone to test-hop McGuire. They needed just the right manquick-minded, tough, imaginative, and a whole slew of complementary adjectives. They wanted a perfect superman to test pilot their baby, even if they knew they'd eventually have to take second best. Shalimar Ravenhurst is not the kind of bloke that very many people can bring themselves to like, and, in this respect, I'm like a great many people, if not more so. In the first place, a man has no right to go around toting a name like "Shalimar"; it makes names like "Beverly" and "Leslie" and "Evelyn" sound almost hairy chested. You want a dozen other reasons, you'll get them. ......Buy Now (To Read More)

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Ebook Number: 24198
Author: Garrett, Randall
Release Date: Jan 7, 2008
Format: eBook
Language: English

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