_All during its lifetime Earth had been deluged ... overwhelmed ... submerged in an endless torrent of words. Was even its death to be stripped of dignity by the cackling of the mass media?_ Kellon thought sourly that he wasn't commanding a star-ship, he was running a travelling circus. He had aboard telaudio men with tons of equipment, pontifical commentators who knew the answer to anything, beautiful females who were experts on the woman's angle, pompous bureaucrats after publicity, and entertainment stars who had come along for the same reason.…
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