Robert Silverberg

Name: Overlord of Colony Eight
Author: Robert Silverberg

Overlord of Colony Eight

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“Overlord of Colony Eight”, is a work by Robert Silverberg. It explores elements such as Reese, Tersen and Kuhli.

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Robert Silverberg, Overlord of Colony Eight

“ Curiosity impelled Reese to turn the alien around and peer in the bulging pack while the old man gibbered in fear.
Reese whistled. The pack was brim-full of ampoules of benzolurethrimine, the pain-killing drug to which Kuhli had been made an addict. The alien had stumbled into the colony one day, his chest slashed open by the talons of a khaljek-bird; the colony doctor had administered the drug to ease his agony and only then discovered benzolurethrimine was a powerful narcotic for the aliens. ”

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Robert Silverberg, Overlord of Colony Eight

“ Kramer said flatly. "Put the knife away, Jim Reese."
Reese glanced past Kramer and saw moving figures—colonists, coming toward him. He recognized them but still there was something unfamiliar about them. They moved stiffly. Like so many zombies, Reese thought.
Sweat poured down his body. He didn't want to hurt Kramer, not even the strangely-possessed Kramer before him.
Stooping quickly, he picked up a handful of the soft, warm Damballa mud and hurled it into Kramer's face. The big man, blinded, spat out mouthfuls of mud. Reese turned and ran.
"After him!" Kramer rumbled. "He's getting away!" ”

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Robert Silverberg, Overlord of Colony Eight

“ There should always be a few idling colonists resting up before continuing their task of clearing the jungles.
Finally he spotted Lloyd Kramer, one of his best friends. He and Kramer had decided together to join and had come out to Damballa on the same ship.
"Lloyd! Lloyd!" Reese ran toward the big man, who was standing stiffly outside his hut, staring elsewhere. "Hey, Lloyd!"
Kramer turned. Reese said, "I just saw old Kuhli heading through the forest with a packload of benzo. He says there's some trouble in the Colony. What's up? How's Lois? Is she all right?" ”

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Robert Silverberg, Overlord of Colony Eight

“ This was no pipedream of Kuhli's—not when he was willing to steal a supply of drugs and strike out on his own into the treacherous jungle. Reese tightened his lips and, started to run toward the nearby colony at a dead trot. He hoped Lois was all right; he'd never forgive himself for leaving her if anything had happened to her. ”

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Robert Silverberg, Overlord of Colony Eight

“ Tersen said, smiling bleakly. He slapped Reese and seized his wrist. Despite Reese's desperate writhing Tersen managed to force the bracelet over the man's wrist and clamp it shut.
"There," Tersen said. "Now the whole village is under control."
Reese was puzzled. He felt no different; evidently something had gone wrong. But he did not intend to let Tersen know that.
"We'll march on Colony Seven tonight," Tersen mused aloud. "Everything's ready to begin the conquest."
He stepped behind Reese and undid his bonds. Reese rose to his feet stiffly, hoping he made a convincing zombie. ”

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Robert Silverberg, Overlord of Colony Eight

“ Reese said. "I've been away on a hunting trip the past month. Who the devil are you?"
"My name is John Tersen, formerly of Earth. You may have heard of me."
"I remember some sort of trial," Reese said. "You were accused of illegal experiments of some kind. You were banished from Earth."
"Ah, yes. Precisely." A film of pain crossed Tersen's lean features. "Exiled from my native world. That was six years ago—six years in which I've worked alone, on an uncharted planetoid, preparing. Colony Eight of Damballa represents my first laboratory experiment. ”

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Robert Silverberg, Overlord of Colony Eight

“ And he could find Lois.
The bracelet on his wrist gave no clue. It was just a thin band of metal without ornament. Presumably Tersen had expected to exert some kind of thought-control through it.
None of the colonists wore bracelets of this sort. Therefore, Tersen had some other means of controlling them. He had spoken of a "generator." Perhaps he could find that while he remained at large.
"Hello, Earthman. There is trouble here."
Maintaining his stiffness, Reese turned. He saw Kuhli, the addict. The pack he had been carrying was missing.
"Why are you back?" Reese asked. ”

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