Name: The Hands
Author: Richard A. Sternbach

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Richard A. Sternbach, Jabberwock, Beware!

“ Apparently this expedition is like a glorified fox hunt to them.
"We are to choose a person to represent the world in an intellectual duel with him. If we win, they withdraw completely, never to bother us again. If we lose, then, he said, we're not worth saving and we'll be completely destroyed—hunted individually, which to them is great sport.
"To prove they could do it, he had his ship's guns turn on the moon. You saw what happened—disintegrated completely."
"Them crumbs!" Mike grated. "We'll murder 'em, Joe!" ”

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Richard A. Sternbach, Jabberwock, Beware!

“ Joe smiled. "Don't mind my pugnacious friend."
"You are, so far as we know, the finest representative the world could have." Moskov looked serious, and Joe became aware suddenly of the awful burden involved. What use intellectual ability or athletic prowess, compared to Jovian standards? Wasn't there someone—even a science-fiction writer, perhaps—better qualified to handle a situation as fantastic as this? ”

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Richard A. Sternbach, Jabberwock, Beware!

“ It was a dazed and confused Mike who was led stumbling, and clutching his bottle, back to the ship which was to take him to a free world.
Slan, meanwhile, found himself besieged by annoyed and puzzled followers. He held up his hand for silence, and relapsed into native Jovian.
"That earthling," he said sarcastically, "seems to have fared better than you who are so proud of your intellects.
"When I held my thumb up, indicating our superiority in size and strength, he pointed his thumb down, to show that physical power is really of minor importance. ”

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Richard A. Sternbach, Jabberwock, Beware!

“ When they take the moon away from lovers, it's the last straw!"
"Give 'em hell, kid!" Mike rasped. Joe silenced him with a wave of his hand, and Mike slouched down in his chair looking hurt.
"Mr. Conrad," Moskov said, "will you be good enough to give Dr. Waters the latest developments?"
"All right. Joe, you know what's happened this past week."
Joe nodded.
"In case you didn't get the overall picture—their ships," he jerked a thumb at the whine passing back and forth above, "have completely blanketed the world. They have destroyed every means of defense we've used against them. ”

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Richard A. Sternbach, Jabberwock, Beware!

“ Finally I flung out a handful of colored pebbles, displaying the confusing array of languages, races, and ideas their world contains. He scooped them into his pocket, showing that their diversity could still be united into single purpose. ”

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Richard A. Sternbach, The Hands

“ The story of the creation, in all its majesty, was written in six hundred words. Will the destruction be told as briefly?
Illustrator: Ray Houlihan He was a gigantic figure, sitting there atop the mountain. ”

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Richard A. Sternbach, Jabberwock, Beware!

“ M. Tourneau looked pained.
"The contest is to be in Slan's ship at eight o'clock tonight," Moskov answered. "They will pick you up here in five hours."
"You and me both, Joe," Mike said.
"Yeah," Joe answered, and now he was mentally reeling under the impact of his responsibility. "Let's have a drink first. I think we'll need one."
Sir Manly paled. "I say...."
"We'll murder them damn Greeks," Mike chortled.
"Shay, I'm not goin' in that thing," Mike protested.
"Can't fight 'em if we don't," Joe answered mournfully.
"They're big enough, all right," Mike admitted respectfully. ”

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