tailieunhanh - The Colors of Space

The Lhari spaceport didn't belong on Earth. Bart Steele had thought that, a long time ago, when he first saw it. He had been just a kid then; twelve years old, and all excited about seeing Earth for the first time—Earth, the legendary home of mankind before the Age of Space, the planet of Bart's far-back ancestors. And the first thing he'd seen on Earth, when he got off the starship, was the Lhari spaceport. And he'd thought, right then, It doesn't belong on Earth. He'd said so to his father, and his father's face had gone strange, bitter and remote | feedboo is The Colors of Space Bradley Marion Zimmer Published 1963 Categorie s Fiction Science Fiction Source http 1 About Bradley Marion Eleanor Zimmer Bradley June 3 1930 - September 25 1999 was a prominent author of fantasy novels such as The Mists of Avalon and the Darkover series often with a feminist outlook. In literary circles she is often referred to by her initials MZB a nickname reinforced by her friend and editor Donald A. Wollheim. Source Wikipedia Also available on Feedbooks for Bradley The Door Through Space 1961 The Planet Savers 1958 Year of the Big Thaw 1954 Copyright Please read the legal notice included in this e-book and or check the copyright status in your country. Note This book is brought to you by Feedbooks http Strictly for personal use do not use this file for commercial purposes. 2 Chapter 1 The Lhari spaceport didn t belong on Earth. Bart Steele had thought that a long time ago when he first saw it. He had been just a kid then twelve years old and all excited about seeing Earth for the first time Earth the legendary home of mankind before the Age of Space the planet of Bart s far-back ancestors. And the first thing he d seen on Earth when he got off the starship was the Lhari spaceport. And he d thought right then It doesn t belong on Earth. He d said so to his father and his father s face had gone strange bitter and remote. A lot of people would agree with you Son Captain Rupert Steele had said softly. The trouble is if the Lhari spaceport wasn t on Earth we wouldn t be on Earth either. Remember that. Bart remembered it five years later as he got off the strip of moving sidewalk. He turned to wait for Tommy Kendron who was getting his baggage off the center strip of the moving roadway. Bart Steele and Tommy Kendron had graduated together the day before from the Space Academy of Earth. Now Tommy who had been born on the ninth planet of the star Capella was taking the Lhari starship to his faraway .