Quotes from A. Bertram Chandler

A look-out?" asked Captain Beynon. "How do you work that, Flight Commander?" "We lower a cage, Captain," said Stewart. "The man in the cage has a voicepipe. As soon as he sees anything that he can identify he whistles up, and informs the Navigator. But here comes the watch now.

wish you could do something about the Australian tobacco industry,' said the Prime Minister gloomily, grinding the malodorous butt out in the ashtray.

the megacity that stretched from Newcastle to Wollongong. Ten miles to the south a man-made constellation skimmed rapidly over the sea surface — masthead lights, green starboard light, accommodation and deck lights — the roar of its progress

spluttering and gasping, coughing and retching, trying to clear the painfully burning fluid from his lungs. And suddenly, the dread that lurks in every Australian's mind brought panic. Sharks! But there were no sharks, he knew that. The protein-rich predators had been fished out all along the east coast, were virtually extinct. All