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Ministry of Disturbance, by Henry Beam Piper
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Title: Ministry of Disturbance
Author: Henry Beam Piper
Release Date: February 24, 2007 [EBook #20659]
Language: English
Character set encoding: ISO-8859-1
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MINISTRY ... OF DISTURBANCE
BY H. BEAM PIPER
Illustrated by van Dongen
+----------------------------------------------------------------+ | | | Transcriber's Note | | | | This etext was produced from Astounding Science Fiction | | December 1958. Extensive research did not uncover any evidence | | that the U.S. copyright on this publication was renewed. | +----------------------------------------------------------------+
Sometimes getting a job is harder than the job after you get it--and sometimes getting out of a job is harder than either!
[Illustration]
The symphony was ending, the final triumphant pæan soaring up and up, beyond the limit of audibility. For a moment, after the last notes had gone away, Paul sat motionless, as though some part of him had followed. Then he roused himself and finished his coffee and cigarette, looking out the wide window across the