Questions

This is a list of all the questions and their associated study carrel identifiers. One can learn a lot of the "aboutness" of a text simply by reading the questions.

identifier question
61474Do-- Is it possible they''ll keep us here forever?
61474Is... is this good sense to hold out?
61474Morrison? 61474 Well?"
61474What have you there?
61474Which one of you?
61474You''re changing the plan, sir?
61474And the duty of a good general--?
61474De Wolf?
61474How could he harden in an hour or a day the resolution to loyalty?
61474Now, what have you to say?"
61474Now, why do n''t you tell me all about it here and now and save us this uncomfortable and regrettable necessity?"
61474Then you are Flight Officer Morrison?"
61474Why court the possibility of broken bodies, broken minds, warped and twisted spirits?
60442And a promise on your part that you will sign me on for the next trip-- or turn in your Captain''s papers?
60442Birds of a feather, huh?
60442How much would you take?
60442How much, to lay off of-- David Markham-- leave me alone...?
60442Scotch?
60442And what would be your defense?
60442Could I come right out and ask Markham about that bruise?
60442He scratched his chin slowly, then said,"Well-- how about your salary for this trip and five thousand dollars?"
60442He''s lying, and he knows you know he is lying, but can you torture it out of him or punish him for not telling you?
60442I heard myself blurt,"Why?
60442I heard myself say,"Such an agreement ca n''t be put into writing, of course, but-- shall we drink on it?"
60442Not for six months yet?
60442Perhaps the stress of your new duties...?"
60442See how I have stolen your weapons?"
60442Suppose I did, and he told me Resnick had done it, and I used that as an excuse to toss Resnick in the brig?
60442That the Captain had tortured you?
60442To strike me would be treason, punishable by life imprisonment, would n''t it?
60442Today?
60442Tomorrow?
60442WHY?"
60442What can a man do?
60442What satisfaction could you possibly get from ruining me?"
60442When?
60442Who are your witnesses?
60442Who would believe that?
60442Who''s going to believe that the Captain did such a thing?
60442Why not balance him out by making my one choice on the crew a man who was the exact opposite, an abject coward?
60442Why?
60442You wonder that I am not ashamed to confess publicly to you that I was a coward?
60442_ When_ would it happen?
61950A spacer?
61950And suppose,Janus said,"none of us chooses to be the One?"
61950And this Shining Stone?
61950And who might he be?
61950But I trust you will take the_ Princess_ in tow? 61950 But did n''t you say the Stone meant little to such as you?"
61950But why?
61950But--"Have n''t you had enough action this trip?
61950Ca n''t we go down and blast them off the map?
61950Can you make it out, Ketrik? 61950 Dhovril,"Devries repeated,"that is your planet?"
61950Do you know what I think?
61950Do you suppose they''re going to run some kind of voltage through that thing?
61950Have you got the_ Wasp_?
61950How do you know my name?
61950How long does that go on?
61950I wonder where they''re taking us?
61950My pistol, Commander? 61950 Not me, Commander?
61950Point is, is she a derelict? 61950 See anything yet?"
61950See that ragged gap in the hull near the stern?
61950Something... a meteor? 61950 The Brain, eh?"
61950The One?
61950The Shining Stone? 61950 Then why are you holding up?"
61950These Proktols did that? 61950 Three?
61950What about that fleet of space- ships we saw down there?
61950What are they going to do?
61950What do you think? 61950 What does he mean, the One?"
61950What good is it to watch? 61950 What the devil was it, Janus?
61950Why did n''t you take the chance? 61950 Why did you do that?"
61950Would you mind telling us, now, where you''re taking us and why?
61950Yes, was n''t it?
61950You mean,said Devries,"they have n''t any?"
61950You were saying?
61950Am I right?"
61950And did n''t you wonder why?"
61950And if he''s in authority here, why do n''t you take us to him?"
61950Another thing: did you notice their flame- pistols?
61950But who will be next?
61950But would it reach as far as V''Naric''s key had reached?
61950Did you notice those antennae they have?
61950Do you know when, and why?
61950Had the creature read Devries''s mind?
61950How did you escape?
61950I wonder what you can mean?"
61950I wonder what?
61950I wonder where you''d escape to?"
61950If they keep on with those sacrifices, feeding it that mental force, who knows how far it''ll go?
61950Instead he said:"And right now, what scientific problem is the Brain working on?"
61950Is that Brain going to direct that fleet toward the inner planets by remote control?"
61950Janus flashed them a look that said,"See?"
61950Must be a pretty important fetish on their world, eh?"
61950Must be some object dead ahead to cause this disturbance, but why does n''t our Deflector beam shunt it from us or pivot us around it?"
61950Or is it merely curiosity?
61950Then he answered indirectly:"Have you Earthmen ever heard of the sacred temple of Dhovril, or of the Shining Stone?"
61950These-- these things that have got us now?"
61950What did you think of our duel?"
61950What happened?"
61950Why?"