“ We were dealing with mass, space and dimension—but the energy differential was the important one.""What about the energy?""We're loaded with it. Super-charged. Packed to the breaking point and way beyond." Charlie scribbled frantically on the desk pad. "Look, it took energy for them to come through—immense quantities of energy. Every one that came through upset the balance, distorted our whole energy pattern. And they knew from the start that the differential was all on their side—a million of them unbalances four billion of us. ”
Alan Edward Nourse
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Quotes from PRoblem (Alan Edward Nourse)
“ Charlie took a deep breath. "We'll have inter-dimensional control, a practical, utilizable transmatter. We'll have null-gravity, which means the greatest advance in power utilization since fire was discovered. It might give us the opening to a concept of time travel that makes some kind of sense. And power! If there's an energy differential of any magnitude—" He shook his head sadly."We'll also know the time-differential," said Tommy hopefully, "and how long the Grdznth gestation period will be.""It's a fair exchange," said Charlie. "We keep them until the girls have their babies. ”
“ Tommy's jaw sagged. "Pregnant," he said."Now see here," said the senator. "If you're trying to make a fool out of me to my face—""Sit down and shut up," said Pete. "If there's one thing the man in the street reveres, my friend, it's motherhood. We've got several hundred thousand pregnant Grdznth just waiting for all the little Grdznth to arrive, and nobody's given them a side glance." He turned to Tommy. "Get some copywriters down here. Get a Grdznth obstetrician or two. We're going to put together a PR-blast that will twang the people's heart-strings like a billion harps." ”
