Embassy

adventures in time and space told in future tense. Out of the infinitude of stars and planet in the Solar System and other systems in the Universe, it is almost mathematically certain that there exist other forms of life on other worlds, someday in the future.

In a thousand years, or in the next ten minutes, daring travelers through space will make contact with the inhabitants of another world. But the question is, will we contact them first or will they contact us?

Come in. Good detective agency. Check. My name is Grapes. Grapes of Springfield. I would like to see Mr. Pradrich. Check. Well, as a tolum, there's a guy outside. A kind of a guy. Well, great big guy with big shining head and dick glasses like the bottoms of Coca-Cola bottles.

and he looks like a professor of siamine is does he look like a client or a bill collector he didn't say okay ironman sentiment mister graphie is mister brawdrick will see you and the flesh okay ironman step outside if you need me i'll be outside about the excuse mister dolan he's a very useful man if you happen to want to have some of the somebody who

on screws from their shoulders. His reflexes aren't too good. He's what you might call under-organized. I respect you too much. All right, Mr. Grafius, let's get on the business. Precisely, I would like your assistance in having me locate something here in New York City.

Just what are you trying to locate, Mr. Grafius? The Martian Embassy. Would you say that again very slowly? I came to New York to locate the Martian Embassy. Martian. Like in Mac Rogers, precisely, agents of the government of the planet of Mars.