“ My fading consciousness tried to envision the alien mechanical brain as it struggled with the problem."Look at it this way," Kane persisted. "If you carry our corpses to your masters, all your efforts will have been useless. If you return us to the Moon alive, you'll still have a chance to carry out your mission later."A long silence followed. Verana and Marie screamed at Kane to let go. A soft darkness seemed to fill the room, blurring everything, drowning even their shrieks in strangling blackness."You win," the machine conceded. "I'll return the ship to the Moon." ”
Richard Rein Smith
Summary
Quotes from The Snare (Richard Rein Smith)
“ A murderer has to outwit an entire civilization. We have to outwit an entire civilization that was hundreds of times more advanced than ours is now when we were clubbing animals and eating the meat raw. Damned few criminals get away these days, even though they've got such crowds to lose themselves in. All we have is a ship that we can't control. I don't think we have a chance."My resignation annoyed him. Each of us had reacted differently: Kane's wife was frightened, Verana was calm because of an inner serenity that few people have, I was resigned and Kane was angry. ”
“ Kane echoed my thoughts. His frown made deep clefts between his eyebrows. "There's no static between inter-lunar radio!"Verana's voice was small and frightened. "That sounds like the static we hear over the bigger radios when we broadcast to Earth.""It does," Marie agreed."But we wouldn't have that kind of static over our radio, unless—" Verana's eyes widened until the pupils were surrounded by circles of white—"unless we were in outer space!"We stared at the metal door that had imprisoned us, afraid even to speak of our fantastic suspicion. ”
