THE WORLD WITH A THOUSAND MOONS
CHAPTER 1: Thrill Cruise
By Edmond Hamilton

Lance Kenniston felt the cold realization of failure as he came out of the building into the sharp chill of the Martian night. He stood for a moment, his lean, drawn face haggard in the light of the two hurtling moons.

He looked hopelessly across the dark spaceport. It was a large one, for this ancient town of Syrtis was the main port of Mars. The forked light of the flying moons showed many ships docked on the tarmac—a big liner, several freighters, a small, shining cruiser and other small craft. And for lack of one of those ships, his hopes were ruined!

A squat, brawny figure in shapeless space-jacket came to Kenniston's side. It was Holk Or, the Jovian who had been waiting for him.

"What luck?" asked the Jovian in a rumbling whisper.

"It's hopeless," Kenniston answered heavily. "There isn't a small cruiser to be had at any price. The meteor-miners buy up all small ships here."

"The devil!" muttered Holk Or, dismayed. "What are we going to do? Go on to Earth and get a cruiser there?"

"We can't do that," Kenniston answered. "You know we've got to get back to that asteroid within two weeks. We've got to get a ship here."

Desperation made Kenniston's voice taut. His lean, hard face was bleak with knowledge of disastrous failure.

The big Jovian scratched his head. In the shifting moonlight his battered green face expressed ignorant perplexity as he stared across the busy spaceport.

"That shiny little cruiser there would be just the thing," Holk Or muttered, looking at the gleaming, torpedo-shaped craft nearby. "It would hold all the stuff we've got to take; and with robot controls we two could run it."

"We haven't a chance to get that craft," Kenniston told him. "I found out that it's under charter to a bunch of rich Earth youngsters who came out here in it for a pleasure cruise. A girl named Loring, heiress to Loring Radium, is the head of the party."

The Jovian swore. "Just the ship we need, and a lot of spoiled kids are using it for thrill-hunting!"

Kenniston had an idea. "It might be," he said slowly, "that they're tired of the cruise by this time and would sell us the craft. I think I'll go up to the Terra Hotel and see this Loring girl."

"Sure, let's try it anyway," Holk Or agreed.

With the Jovian clumping along beside him, Kenniston made his way from the spaceport across the ancient Martian city.

Read the following line from the text:

A girl named Loring, heiress to Loring Radium, is the head of the party.

What can be inferred about Loring from this line?

She is beautiful.
She is not human.
She is poor.
She is wealthy.

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Answer 1
She is wealthy, the last answer
Answer 2

Answer:

D She is wealthy because she is an heiress to Loring Radium, and it sounds like something grand. Holk Or says, "spoiled kids are using it for thrill-hunting." This implies that the kids have to have some wealth in order to be spoiled and must have some wealth to go "thrill hunting."

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Explanation:


Related Questions

What can you infer about the problems washington faced as president from his appeals to people to put their loyalty to the United States over their loyalty to their own state or religion?

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Answer:

Washington faced many challenges, among which was the suspicion of the people that he would make a good government, he had to create a style of pre-eminence, to remain in a style of government totally experimental and he had to act in order to unify the country.

Explanation:

Whasington had a major challenge in his life which was to be the first president of the USA, at a time when the concepts of self-government were still being established. Washington had to command a totally experimental government, where many hoped he would not be able to govern, since it would have created a presidential style.

Washington's challenges were many, the mistrust of the people was perhaps the greatest of them, as Washington said that the government should not be managed by people who put their trust in religion, moreover, citizens should be more loyal to the central government of the United States. The United States than to the states, as they would be making the country bigger, which could make the states bigger with the progression of time.

Why is palm oil an issue?

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Answer:

Explanation:

Deforestation, habitat degradation, and loss of animal habitat

Palm oil has been and continues to be a major driver of deforestation of some of the world’s most biodiverse forests, destroying the habitat of already endangered species like the Orangutan, pygmy elephant and Sumatran rhino.

Write a description suggested by this image: (file attached)



Plz help, will give brainlist to whoever gives a good description

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Answer:

scary

Explanation:

Which word best describes the tone of “There Is No Frigate Like a Book"?
A Joy
B) Reverence
c) Indifference
D) Informative

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i would say a) joy but i’m not a 100% sure

why might the author have chosen have the persimmon tree as a symbol in this story The Persimmon tree

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Answer:

a

Explanation:

Answer:

Maybe it because on how the story is about.

Explanation:

Which are examples of complex sentences? Check all that apply.

I love all kinds of seafood, but shrimp is my favorite.
Before you eat the sandwich, please cut it in half.
Carl needs to find his cell phone, or he may borrow mine.
When we are ready to leave, we will send you a text message.
If she starts to get warm, Janna will turn on the air conditioner.

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Answer:

2) Before you eat the sandwich, please cut it in half.

4) When we are ready to leave, we will send you a text message.

5) If she starts to get warm, Janna will turn on the air conditioner.

Explanation:

A complex sentence is that sentence which has one or more independent clauses and is separated by a comma or conjunction.

Therefore, the examples of complex sentences from the given options are option 2, 4 and 5.

Answer:

2) Before you eat the sandwich, please cut it in half.

4) When we are ready to leave, we will send you a text message.

5) If she starts to get warm, Janna will turn on the air conditioner.

Explanation:

Hope this helps :)

which option best explains how the graphic enhances the overall meaning of the text​

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Answer:

I'm not sure but out of those answers I personally would pick a

Explanation:

all of the other answers wouldn't really make sence

Ann finished her driving test and headed for the parking lot. She couldn't help grinning as she walked up
to her father.

"I guess things went well this time?" he asked.

"Yes!" Ann jumped up and down, holding up her temporary driver's license. "I'm so happy!"

"You should be," her father said. "But I knew you could do it."

"I think it's the lucky socks that did the trick." She looked down at the bright green socks peeking out
between the tops of her sneakers and her jeans.

Her father squeezed her shoulder. "I don't know. I think all those hours of practice helped more." Then,
he climbed in on the passenger side of the car and smiled at Ann as she sat down behind the wheel.

Read this passage. What do the actions and words of Ann's father reveal about him? Explain your
answer

A. He is proud that Ann's hard work resulted in a driver's license.

B. He is surprised that Ann did well on her exam.

C. He believes the green socks helped Ann get her license.

D. He thinks Ann is overemphasizing her success.

Be sure to explain your answer.

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Answer:

A. He is proud that Ann's hard work resulted in a driver's license.

Explanation:

Her father had faith in her and expressed that to Ann when she returned with the good news.

Read this summary of Passage 1.
(1) Where a person fits within the family birth
order probably determines that person's
character traits.
(2) Birth order theory focuses on patterns.
Which sentence belongs in the summary
between sentences 1 and 2?

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Answer: The answer is the first one - Data exists to support birth order theory.

Explanation:

Answer:

"Data exists to support birth order theory."

Explanation:

My class is doing a Overview and this was the answer.

please someone explain what is the answer

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Answer:

The answer is A

Explanation:

Answer:

the answer is A.

Explanation:

hope this helps and feel free to give brainiest

Submit your project below following the instructions below:
1. In the first paragraph of your essay, state your position and introduce two reasons you will use to defend your
position
2. In the second and third paragraphs, expand on your two reasons.
3. In the fourth paragraph, talk about different kinds of love. If you think the above example is not true love, what is? If
you think it is, what other kinds of love exist?
4. Make sure each paragraph contains one main idea and supporting details. Use complete sentences including
compound and complex sentences.
5. Include proper transitions and an appropriate conclusion.
6. Make sure your essay contains no errors in conventions such as spelling or grammatical errors.
7. Your response should be at least 250 words.

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Annette watched the other children playing. How she wished she could join them! But she couldn’t run or skip or kick a ball. Her legs were too weak and crooked.Born in Sydney, Australia, in 1886, Annette Kellerman suffered from a crippling bone disease, probably rickets. As a toddler she had to wear heavy iron braces on her legs. The braces hurt, and Annette hated how she had to walk in slow, stiff, staggering steps. She often stayed by herself, where others couldn’t see her.Annettes years as a disabled child began to change when she was six years old. Her doctor thought exercise would help strengthen her legs and urged her parents to enroll Annette in swimming classes. “I was awfully scared and did not learn quickly,” Annette later wrote. But soon she was swimming every chance she got. “I was like a fish in the water,” Annette recalled. Little by little, her legs grew stronger and straightened out. Finally, the horrible braces could be set aside.By fifteen, Annette had mastered all the swimming strokes. She was a fearless diver and began putting on diving displays. She swam in races and won, even competing against men. In 1903 the family moved to Melbourne, where her mother had taken a job as a music teacher in a school. But Annette was more interested in swimming and theatricals than studying. She developed a mermaid act as part of her swimming performances and put on two shows a day swimming with fish at the Exhibition Aquarium, then the world’s largest glass tank. Her artistic mother did not approve of her job “swimming around with eels and seals,” Annette remembered. But Annette’s family needed the money she earned. By 1905 Annette was a local celebrity and Australia’s best female swimmer, having set records in the 100-yard and mile swims. In 1905 Annette moved to London with her father to further her career as a swimmer and performer of water acrobatics. At first, no one in England was interested in a female athlete who put on shows in aquariums.To attract attention, Annette decided on a thirteen-mile swim down the Thames River, through the heart of London. It was a feat no man had ever accomplished. Soon Annette was front-page news. Newspapers dubbed her the Australian Mermaid.A newspaper paid Annette to swim from one seaside resort to another—about forty-five miles each week—to attract publicity in preparation for an attempt on the English Channel. The treacherous Channel, twenty-two miles wide, had been swum only once before, and that was by a man, thirty years earlier. The public was astounded that a woman would even think of attempting the amazing feat.Indeed, Annette had to abandon her Channel swim after nine hours in the cold, rough water. “I had the endurance but not the brute strength,” she admitted. Still, Londoners were impressed by her courage and athletic ability.But they were shocked by her swimsuit! In Australia, Annette was used to swimming races in one-piece suits very much like the suits men wore. But her abbreviated costume—exposing her arms and legs—caused a stir in England. When she was about to perform before royalty at London’s exclusive Bath Club, Annette was told her bare legs were unacceptable. Thinking quickly, she sewed black stockings onto her suit—and her display of swimming, diving, and female athleticism wowed the audience.Annette continued to make long-distance swims, including a race against seventeen men (she came in third) down the Seine River in France and a twenty-eight-mile swim down the Danube in Germany. Soon she was invited to America, where she became one of the highest paid performers on the vaudeville1 circuit, showcasing her water ballet and acrobatics.In 1907 Annette again made headlines when she was arrested for indecency2 on Revere Beach near Boston. People were aghast when they saw her in a black body suit that bared her arms although it otherwise covered her from neck to feet. Where was her top with sleeves and ruffles and her floppy pantaloons? At the time, women were expected only to dip into the water, or bathe, not to swim. The heavy costumes they wore for modesty made swimming impossible anyhow. Swimming as an exercise for women, much less a sport in which women might compete as Annette had, was nearly unknown. The first modern Olympics in 1896 did not even include female athletes.At her Boston trial, Annette told the judge that if she had to swim in a customary swimming suit, “I may as well be swimming in chains.” She won her case—which gave Annette another idea. She started her own line of women’s swimwear. Soon women swimmers everywhere wanted a Kellerman suit.Annette went on to become a silent-movie star, famed for portraying mermaids in underwater spectaculars. Audiences flocked to see her aquatic adventures in movies such as Neptune’s Daughter and Daughter of the Gods. Not only did Annette design and make her own mermaid costumes for all her acts,

Explanation:

The impact of the French and Indian War connects to the cause of the Revolutionary War. True False

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The impact was huge=True

Which word is a synonym for the word faint?

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Answer:

In what context?

Explanation:if by "faint" you mean unclear it would be...:

vague

unclear

indefinite

ill-defined

obscure

imperceptible

delicate

dim

distant

dull

far-off

gentle

hazy

inaudible

mild

muffled

muted

remote

slight

soft

soothing

stifled

vague

weak

aside

bated

bleached

blurred

deadened

deep

faded

faltering

hushed

light

low

moderate

murmuring

muttering

obscure

padded

pale

piano

quiet

smooth

softened

subdued

thin

wan

whispered

bland

breathless

dusty

feeble

hoarse

ill-defined

imperceptible

indistinct

lenient

low-pitched

out of earshot

shadowy

tenuous

unclear'

Why is school so difficult to pass?

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Answer:

added pressure i would say :/

Answer: bc um maybe the world doesn't want to see us succeed? (in my opinion all my teachers hate kids ;-;)

Explanation: uh your welcome...

help
For which of the following disease is there a vaccine?
a. malaria
C. encephalitis
b. yellow fever
d. cholera

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Answer:

The answer is B.Yellow Fever

Explanation:

There is a vaccination against yellow fever. One dose of the vaccine provides lifelong immunization from yellow fever. There is currently no vaccine for malaria. Antimalarials can be taken if you are going to a place with high-risk. While antimalarial drugs can’t provide 100 percent protection, they can offer some prevention.

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Read the following sentence for practice fluency. Identify the correct syllable structure for the underlined word in the sentence.

The main goal was to preventing the practice of feeding dead ruminants to other ruminants.
a.
rum-i-nant
c.
ru-mi-nant
b.
ruminant
d.
ru-minant


Please select the best answer from the choices provided

A
B
C
D

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Answer: A

Explanation:

there is really no explanation

Answer: C

Explanation:

Just trust me it is c

which do you think is the bigger problem ? ( emotion)

jealousy :

envy :

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Answer: Envy

Explanation:

personally I feel like envy is more toxic, and more toxic mean snore of a problem

Sorry bro I’m desperate can someone please help me on my last question

Answer:

"Jealous" is defined as "very watchful or careful in guarding or keeping," and "resentfully envious. "Envy" is defined as "a feeling of discontent and ill will because of another's advantages, possessions, etc. resentful dislike of another who has something that one desires." "Jealousy" has stronger emotions attached.

BE YOU. YOU ARE LOVED. YOU ARE AWESOME.
"If you don't design your own life plan, chances are you'll fall into someone else's plan. And guess what they have planned for you? Not much." -Jim Rohn

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i like this, this is a good quote

What is the voice of the following sentence?
We were left by the teacher to figure out how to do the math homework.
A. Active
B. Passive

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Answer:

B.passive

Explanation:

Answer: passive

Explanation:

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In "First Lady Michelle Obama's Remarks in Town Hall with Youth of Northern Ireland," how dos Mrs. Obama convey her purpose of encouraging the audience to create a better future?

A.Mrs. Obama highlights the importance of technology for the future.

B.She emphasizes that she and President Barack Obama have full schedules.

C.She states that it will be years before the young people become leaders.

D.Mrs. Obama expresses her trust in young people's abilities.

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Answer:

D

Explanation:

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D. God bless and have a good day

Reread the last paragraph of the passage, on
page 5. How does President Reagan's language
emphasize his key claim about freedom?
by making allusions to a time of religious freedom
by exaggerating the many new freedoms
experienced by Soviet citizens
by understating how Soviet history is defined by a
lack of freedom
by comparing the idea of freedom to a living
organism

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Answer

By making allusions to a time

Explanation:

The president Reagan's language emphasize his key claim about freedom is by making allusions to a time of religious freedom.

Who was president Reagan?

Ronald Wilson Reagan was the 40th President of the United States. In his career, he made new implementation in political and economy of the country.

Thus, the correct option is A, by making allusions to a time of religious freedom.

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Circle the pronoun that matches each antecedent in parentheses.
1. (Devon and Jared) were late to class, but they will make up the time at break.

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Answer:

They, I think!

Explanation:

It will be they more then one

Please help me. I’m struggling I will give you 20 points !!

If you were outlining a paragraph using the sentences below, which one would
you use as your topic sentence?
O A. Jogging is a more social exercise.
B. Swimming does not burn as many calories as jogging.
O C. Jogging is more convenient than swimming.
O D. Jogging is a better choice of exercise than swimming.

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Answer:

D) Jogging is a better choice of exercise than swimming.

Explanation:

write about an occasion when your friend or friends supported you in a difficult situation and what you learned from it(English person reflective examples of difficult situation)​

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Answer:

well you kinda have to do this by yourself. You cant really ask for help on this one...

Explanation:

What does the simile at the end of the passage mean?
Answer by completing the sentence.
Galarza compares the words to trapezes in full swing to
explain that
We always started with the easy [words] I had already
learned, and which I wrote down and read from the slate.
The new ones I had to listen to first, putting them
together as well as I could from the sounds. At the end of
the lesson I had to listen to the formidable words that
sounded more like trapezes in full swing.
-Barrio Boy,
Ernesto Galarza
X he learned the first words very quickly
the last words were easy for him to learn
his teacher was going too slowly
the harder words made no sense to him

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Answer:

işdir. Onun pyesləri bütün əsas

Explanation:

canlı dillərə tərcümə olunmuş və daha çox ifa edilmişdir

Would you classify To Kill a Mockingbird as a novel about prejudice?
Do you feel this is an applicable theme for the novel?
Or, do you feel that the novel is about much more than just prejudice?

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Answer:

I think its more than just prejudice

4. The popularity of Walden helps to validate

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what? i don’t think that’s complete

What role do paragraphs 1 through 3 mainly play in the story?

A
They clarify the emotions that the two architects are feeling.

B
They foreshadow the surprise at the ending.

C
They set the scene and explain the process for picking a new design.

D
They set a humorous tone by describing the two architects sitting in school
desks.


The story is The Wednesday wars (check the attachment if you need to read it, but please help) !

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B hope that can help you

Answer:

C bc yes

Explanation:

Its simple read paragraphs 3 also give brainliest

Someone can share the method of learning English?

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Answer:

I believe you're asking for a method to learn English, if so, enrolling into an English language learning class or using some app such as Duolingo will probably be the best option. And while taking those classes, I heard that watching English-speaking TV shows or movies, or just overall listening to the language more often will help a whole lot!

Who is the narrator for roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry

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Cassie Logan is the narrator

Hey there!

Cassie Logan was both the main character and narrator of the novel, Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry.

Hope this helps!

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