Excerpts from the Book 'First Man':
... probably crack up completely, but this evening that thing would still be standing there, solid as the Washington Monument. Nevertheless, Orville's wife ...
... leading from below into the nose. You got to fix this up, he said. Some Rube Goldberg contraptions. The works are all up here. Harold climbed a ...
... don't you play it smart? Fight it out in the courts. There'll be a lot of publicity??? They are? Harold was hurt. He was shining the lamp in Orville's ...
... the scope and sat opposite Orville. He opened the thermos and poured coffee into the cap. Been so busy, didn't have my breakfast. He held out the ...
... it, I'll sue you! There's nothing hurt at all, Harold said. Unless someone had his hand on the ship when we took off. I'd planned to have 'em stand ...
... and forth by jugglers. It was not painful, but it was disturbing. Something must be going wrong. He didn't trust Harold's mechanical ability. In the past ...
... food. Let me see now. He fished in his pocket and brought out a piece of brown wrapping paper. I'll run over the list and make sure I didn't forget ...
... sat up, rubbing his eyes. Harold was wiping the spoon on a piece of brown paper. Last call! Harold giggled and pushed the can to Orville. Orville ...
... grow bigger and bigger on that scope, until they were right on it, then turning with a surprised look: Oh, my gosh! I forgot something! Then he'd give ...
... in these to suit me. The peaches slid off the spoon. He dug in with his fingers and brought out a slice. Point of the whole thing. Explore. Look ...
... as laying a baby in its cradle. It wasn't exactly. He said: There! Are we down? Harold nodded. Orville let go of the railing he'd been hanging onto. ...
... out again. There was nothing but the glaring white void. Well, that settles that! There was no use getting out. On the other hand, how about a ...
... the opening all the time! He tossed in the souvenir. He wriggled in after it. Careful! What did Harold say about tearing the suit? He closed the outer ...
... taking a bath, roughing it out here in space! He dug into his coat pocket, found a cigar, but it was crushed. Oh, well. He flung it into the trash. ...
... waking up. He rubbed his skimpy whiskers, put on his broken glasses, creaked over to the scope and turned it on. Harold, old boy, Orville thought tenderly, ...
... heartily. Now don't you worry about such things. But look what they did with the atomic bomb. And if this ever got loose??? Harold! Orville's ...
... me see now???? gotta miss Mount Everest??? . At last, he turned off the scope. It's clear gone. I'm taking her down slow. Will you look outside, ...
... be done. They started walking toward the house Orville had seen. Halfway there, they met four men wearing gray overcoats and furry hats. One carried ...
... This lecture was not quite as long, and through it the boss had a trace of a leer, and a certain respect, though he let Orville know these disappearances ...
... L. McCain The Hitch Hikers The Rell, a great and ancient Martian race, faced extinction when all moisture was swept from their planet. ...