A Space Oddessey 2061 Book 3 Chapter 55: Magma PART VII: THE GREAT WALL

A Space Oddessey 2061 Book 3 Chapter 55: Magma PART VII: THE GREAT WALL

'Baas,' said the apartment's master comset, 'I accessed that special programme from Ganymede while you were sleeping. Do you wish to see it now?' 'Yes,' answered Dr Paul Kreuger. 'Speed ten times. No sound.' There would, he knew, be a lot of introductory material he could jump, and view later if he wished. He wanted to get to the action as quickly as possible. Credits flashed up, and there on the monitor was Victor Willis, somewhere on Ganymede, gesticulating wildly in total silence. Dr Paul Kreuger, like many working scientists, took a somewhat jaundiced view of Willis, though he admitted that he performed a useful function. Willis abruptly vanished, to be replaced by a less agitated subject - Mount Zeus. But that was much more active than any well-behaved mountain should be; Dr Kreuger was astonished to see how much it had changed since the last transmission from Europa. 'Real time,' he ordered. 'Sound.' '...almost a hundred metres a day, …