Respectfully Mine
Unknown
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Description
Respectfully Mine is a science fiction tale by Randall Garrett, with pictures by John Schoenherr. It was put out in Infinity in August 1958. The head note sets up its lead figure: Leland Hale was without doubt the sharpest crook in the universe. Yet how could even he crack a time capsule under such close guard?
A quote from Chesterton's The Man Who Was Thursday stands at the head of the tale. Thieves respect property, it says; they only wish the property to become their own, so that they may respect it more fully. To trace the path of a man across a million parsecs of space and half a century of time is not easy, the tale then says. It is harder still, by tenfold, when the man is a wily one who hides his tracks.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Unknown |
|---|---|
| COLLECTION | BOOKS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 47 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | Public Domain |
| RIGHTS | PUBLIC DOMAIN |
| SOURCE | Project Gutenberg |