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.Explain thecircumstances, and gather your belongings-The evening breeze will soon die and we cannot tow the pad.'*Blasdel departed, accompanied by Berwick.Sklar Hast and the others enteredthe workroom, carried everything of value or utility to the coracles,including the small metal relict, thePage 102 ABC Amber Palm Converter, http://www.processtext.com/abcpalm.htmlBooks of Dicta, the listening horn and the summoning drum.Then all embarked in the coracles, and Barquan Blasdel's ;"beautiful pad was left to drift solitary upon the ocean.liTHE KRAGEN 171CHAPTER IVMorning came to the ocean and with it the breeze from the west.The floatscould no longer be seen; the ocean was a blue mirror in all directions, SklarHast lowered Blasdel's horn into the water, listened.Nothing could be heard.BarquanBlasdel did the same and agreed that King Kragen was nowhere near.There were perhaps six hundred coracles in the flotilla, each carrying fromfour to eight persons, with as much gear, household equipment and tools aspossible, together with sacks of food and water.Late in the afternoon they noted a few medium-sized floats to the north, butmade no attempt to land- King Kragen was yet too near at hand.The late afternoon breeze arose.Rude sails were rigged and the oarsmenrested.At dusk Sklar Hast ordered all the coracles connected by lines tominimize the risk of separa-tion.When the breeze died and seas reflected the dazzling stars, the sailswere brought down and alt slept.The following day was like the first, and also the day after.On the morning of the fourth day a line of splendid floats appeared ahead,easily as large and as rich of foliage as those they had left.Sklar Hastwould have preferred to sail on another week, but the folk among the coracleswere fervent in their rejoicing, and he clearly would have encountered near-unanimous opposition.So the flotilla landed upon three closely adjoiningfloats, drove stakes into the pad surface, tethered the coracles.Sklar Hast called an informal convocation."In a year orfile:///F|/rah/Isaac%20Asimov/Asimov,%20Isaac%20-%20Mythical%20Beasties%20(SSC)%20UC.txt (124 of 251) [5/21/03 2:06:11 AM]file:///F|/rah/Isaac%20Asimov/Asimov,%20Isaac%20-%20Mythical%20Beasties%20(SSC)%20UC.txt two," he said, "we can live lives as comfortable as those we leftbehind us- But this is not enough.We left our homes because of King Kragen.who is now our deadly enemy.We shall never rest secure until we find a meansto make our-selves supreme over all the kragen- To this purpose we must172Jack Vance live different lives ihan we did in the old days until KingKragen is killed.How to kill King Kragen? I wish 1 knew.He is a monster, impregnable to any weapon we now can use against him.So thismust be our primary goal: weapons against King Kragen." Sklar Hast paused,looked around the somber group."This is my personal feeling.I have noauthority over any of you, beyond that of the immediate circumstances, whichare transient.You have a right to dis-credit me, to think differently in which case I will muster those who feel asI do, and sail on to still another float, where we can dedicate ourselves tothe killing of King Kragen.If we are all agreed, that our souls are not ourown until KingKragen is dead, then we must formalize this feeling.Author-ity must be given to some person or group of persons.Responsibilities must be delegated; work must be organized.As you see I envision a life different to the old.It will be harder in somerespects, easier in others.First of all, we need not feed King Kragen."A committee of seven members was chosen, to serve as a temporary governingbody until the needs of the new commu-nity required a more elaborate system.As a matter of courseSklar Hast was named to the committee, as well as PhyralBerwick, who became the first chairman, and also MemPage 103 ABC Amber Palm Converter, http://www.processtext.com/abcpalm.htmlCagno the Scrivener.The captured Intercessors sat aside in a sullen group andtook no part in the proceedings.The committee met for an hour, and as its first measure, ordained a census,that each man's caste and craft might be noted.After the meeting Meth Cagno took Sklar Hast aside."When you captured Barquan Blasdel, you brought his books.""True.""I have been examining these books.They are a set of meAncient Dicta.""So I understand.""This is a source of great satisfaction to me.No one except the Scrivenerreads tile Dicta nowadays, though every-one professes familiarity.As the generations proceed, theTHE KRAGEN 173lives of our ancestors and the fantastic environment from which they came seemmore like myth than reality.""I suppose this is true enough- I am a Hoodwink by trade and only knowHoodwink configurations.The Dicta are writ-file:///F|/rah/Isaac%20Asimov/Asimov,%20Isaac%20-%20Mythical%20Beasties%20(SSC)%20UC.txt (125 of 251) [5/21/03 2:06:11 AM]file:///F|/rah/Isaac%20Asimov/Asimov,%20Isaac%20-%20Mythical%20Beasties%20(SSC)%20UC.txt ten in ancient calligraph, which puzzles me.""It is difficult to read, that I grant," said Cagno."How-ever, a patient examination of the Dicta can be profitable.Each volume represents the knowledge of one of our ances-tors, to the extent that he was able to organize it.There is also a greatdeal of repetition and dullness; our ancestors, whatever their talents, had afew literary skills.Some are vainglorious and devote pages to self-encomium.Others are anxious to explain in voluminous detail the vicissitudes which ledto their presence on the Ship of Space.They seem to have been a very mixedgroup, from various levels of society.There are hints here and there which I, for one.do not understand.Somedescribe the Home World as a place of maniacs.Others seem to have heldrespected places in this society until, as they explain it, the persons inauthority turned on them and instituted a savage persecution, ending, as weknow.in our ancestors seizing control of the Ship ofSpace and fleeing to this planet.""It is all very confusing," said Sklar Hast, "and none of it seems to havemuch contemporary application [ Pobierz całość w formacie PDF ]
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.Explain thecircumstances, and gather your belongings-The evening breeze will soon die and we cannot tow the pad.'*Blasdel departed, accompanied by Berwick.Sklar Hast and the others enteredthe workroom, carried everything of value or utility to the coracles,including the small metal relict, thePage 102 ABC Amber Palm Converter, http://www.processtext.com/abcpalm.htmlBooks of Dicta, the listening horn and the summoning drum.Then all embarked in the coracles, and Barquan Blasdel's ;"beautiful pad was left to drift solitary upon the ocean.liTHE KRAGEN 171CHAPTER IVMorning came to the ocean and with it the breeze from the west.The floatscould no longer be seen; the ocean was a blue mirror in all directions, SklarHast lowered Blasdel's horn into the water, listened.Nothing could be heard.BarquanBlasdel did the same and agreed that King Kragen was nowhere near.There were perhaps six hundred coracles in the flotilla, each carrying fromfour to eight persons, with as much gear, household equipment and tools aspossible, together with sacks of food and water.Late in the afternoon they noted a few medium-sized floats to the north, butmade no attempt to land- King Kragen was yet too near at hand.The late afternoon breeze arose.Rude sails were rigged and the oarsmenrested.At dusk Sklar Hast ordered all the coracles connected by lines tominimize the risk of separa-tion.When the breeze died and seas reflected the dazzling stars, the sailswere brought down and alt slept.The following day was like the first, and also the day after.On the morning of the fourth day a line of splendid floats appeared ahead,easily as large and as rich of foliage as those they had left.Sklar Hastwould have preferred to sail on another week, but the folk among the coracleswere fervent in their rejoicing, and he clearly would have encountered near-unanimous opposition.So the flotilla landed upon three closely adjoiningfloats, drove stakes into the pad surface, tethered the coracles.Sklar Hast called an informal convocation."In a year orfile:///F|/rah/Isaac%20Asimov/Asimov,%20Isaac%20-%20Mythical%20Beasties%20(SSC)%20UC.txt (124 of 251) [5/21/03 2:06:11 AM]file:///F|/rah/Isaac%20Asimov/Asimov,%20Isaac%20-%20Mythical%20Beasties%20(SSC)%20UC.txt two," he said, "we can live lives as comfortable as those we leftbehind us- But this is not enough.We left our homes because of King Kragen.who is now our deadly enemy.We shall never rest secure until we find a meansto make our-selves supreme over all the kragen- To this purpose we must172Jack Vance live different lives ihan we did in the old days until KingKragen is killed.How to kill King Kragen? I wish 1 knew.He is a monster, impregnable to any weapon we now can use against him.So thismust be our primary goal: weapons against King Kragen." Sklar Hast paused,looked around the somber group."This is my personal feeling.I have noauthority over any of you, beyond that of the immediate circumstances, whichare transient.You have a right to dis-credit me, to think differently in which case I will muster those who feel asI do, and sail on to still another float, where we can dedicate ourselves tothe killing of King Kragen.If we are all agreed, that our souls are not ourown until KingKragen is dead, then we must formalize this feeling.Author-ity must be given to some person or group of persons.Responsibilities must be delegated; work must be organized.As you see I envision a life different to the old.It will be harder in somerespects, easier in others.First of all, we need not feed King Kragen."A committee of seven members was chosen, to serve as a temporary governingbody until the needs of the new commu-nity required a more elaborate system.As a matter of courseSklar Hast was named to the committee, as well as PhyralBerwick, who became the first chairman, and also MemPage 103 ABC Amber Palm Converter, http://www.processtext.com/abcpalm.htmlCagno the Scrivener.The captured Intercessors sat aside in a sullen group andtook no part in the proceedings.The committee met for an hour, and as its first measure, ordained a census,that each man's caste and craft might be noted.After the meeting Meth Cagno took Sklar Hast aside."When you captured Barquan Blasdel, you brought his books.""True.""I have been examining these books.They are a set of meAncient Dicta.""So I understand.""This is a source of great satisfaction to me.No one except the Scrivenerreads tile Dicta nowadays, though every-one professes familiarity.As the generations proceed, theTHE KRAGEN 173lives of our ancestors and the fantastic environment from which they came seemmore like myth than reality.""I suppose this is true enough- I am a Hoodwink by trade and only knowHoodwink configurations.The Dicta are writ-file:///F|/rah/Isaac%20Asimov/Asimov,%20Isaac%20-%20Mythical%20Beasties%20(SSC)%20UC.txt (125 of 251) [5/21/03 2:06:11 AM]file:///F|/rah/Isaac%20Asimov/Asimov,%20Isaac%20-%20Mythical%20Beasties%20(SSC)%20UC.txt ten in ancient calligraph, which puzzles me.""It is difficult to read, that I grant," said Cagno."How-ever, a patient examination of the Dicta can be profitable.Each volume represents the knowledge of one of our ances-tors, to the extent that he was able to organize it.There is also a greatdeal of repetition and dullness; our ancestors, whatever their talents, had afew literary skills.Some are vainglorious and devote pages to self-encomium.Others are anxious to explain in voluminous detail the vicissitudes which ledto their presence on the Ship of Space.They seem to have been a very mixedgroup, from various levels of society.There are hints here and there which I, for one.do not understand.Somedescribe the Home World as a place of maniacs.Others seem to have heldrespected places in this society until, as they explain it, the persons inauthority turned on them and instituted a savage persecution, ending, as weknow.in our ancestors seizing control of the Ship ofSpace and fleeing to this planet.""It is all very confusing," said Sklar Hast, "and none of it seems to havemuch contemporary application [ Pobierz całość w formacie PDF ]