The Great Dome on Mercury

Book Excerpt: dly needed as a base material for synthetic food to supply Earth's famine-threatened population, it was to these loyal and amiable beings that ITA's engineers turned for workers who could endure the stifling heat of the underground workings.The tent-flap was thrust aside, and a hawk-nosed Scot came sleepily in, to be enthusiastically greeted by Jim."Hello, you old Caledonian. 'Bout time you showed up."* * * * *The newcomer fixed the speaker with a dour gaze. "An' why should I ...