Конец вечности
Search through the Primitive
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"Besideswhich,"saidHarlan,retreatingfromthecontemplationofthecircularreasoningwhichseemedtobotherTwissellsolittle,"thenewsmagazineisnotlikelytoagreetopublishanythingwhichseemsmadtoitorwhichitcannotunderstand.Itwouldsuspectfraudorsomeformofillegalityandwouldnotwishtobeimplicated.SoCoopercouldn’tuseStandardIntertemporalforhismessage."
"Itwouldhavetobesomethingsubtle,"saidTwissell."Hewouldhavetouseindirection.HewouldhavetoplaceanadvertisementthatwouldseemperfectlynormaltothemenofthePrimitive.Perfectlynormal!Andyetsomethingthatisobvioustous,onceweknewwhatweweresearchingfor.Veryobvious.Obviousataglancebecauseitwouldhavetobefoundamonguncountedindividualitems.Howbigdoyousupposeitwouldbe,Harlan?Arethoseadvertisementsexpensive?"
"Quiteexpensive,Ibelieve."
"AndCooperwouldhavetohoardhismoney.Besideswhich,toavoidthewrongkindofattention,itwouldhavetobesmall,anyway.Guess,Harlan.Howlarge?"
Harlanspreadhishands."Halfacolumn?"
"Column?"
"Theywereprintedmagazines,youknow.Onpaper.Withprintarrangedincolumns."
"Ohyes.Ican’tseemtoseparateliteratureandfilmsomehow…Well,wehaveafirstapproximationofanothersortnow.
