The Adventurer
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C.M. Kornbluth
C.M. Kornbluth (1923-1958) is a science fiction author, best known for the novel The Space Merchants, with Frederik Pohl.
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The Adventurer - C.M. Kornbluth
The Adventurer
By C. M. Kornbluth
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The Adventurer
By C. M. Kornbluth
For every evil under the sun, there’s an answer. It may be a simple, direct answer; it may be one that takes years, and seems unrelated to the problem. But there’s an answer—of a kind....
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President Folsom XXIV said petulantly to his Secretary of the Treasury: "Blow me to hell, Bannister, if I understood a single word of that. Why can’t I buy the Nicolaides Collection? And don’t start with the rediscount and the Series W business again. Just tell me why."
The Secretary of the Treasury said with an air of apprehension and a thread-like feeling across his throat: It boils down to—no money, Mr. President.
The President was too engrossed in thoughts of the marvelous collection to fly into a rage. "It’s such a bargain, he said mournfully.
An archaic Henry Moore figure—really too big to finger, but I’m no culture-snob, thank God—and fifteen early Morrisons and I can’t begin to tell you what else."