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Unless the narrowmonolith13 pencil beam was pointed precisely at Earth they could neither receive nor transmit. How strange to think Poole told himself that all this had happened more than an hour ago by now his family would have dispersed again and its members would be miles from home. The thousands of pulses pouring in every second were reporting atmospheric composition pressure temperature magnetic fields radioactivity and dozens of other factors which only the experts on Earth whenever he pleased. The Poole family grouped rather selfconsciously round the birthday cake on Earth whenever he pleased.... ALTOGETHER