human
It's more than a good landing, he grunted.
gpt
That squeak-box we homed in on can't be more than a hundred meters from here. First time I've ever seen a ship bullseye like that.
human
Why--how close do you usually come?
gpt
Planetfall's close enough to satisfy Survey, said the Captain.
human
Once in a while the box will materialize conveniently on a continent. But this--this is too good to be true. We practically landed on it.
gpt
It's usually buried in some jungle, or at the bottom of a sea. But this is really all right. What a lineup! Point nine-eight earth gravity, Earth-type atmosphere--
human
Argon-rich, said, Ives, from the panel.
gpt
Very rich.
human
That'll make no real difference, Hoskins went on.
gpt
Temperature, about normal for an early summer back home ... looks as if there's a fiendish plot afoot here to make things easy for us.
human
I worry about easy things.
gpt
Yeah, I know, snorted Johnny, rising to stretch.
human
The head-shrinker always does it the hard way. You can't just dislike rice pudding; it has to be a sister-syndrome. If the shortest distance is from here to there, don't take it--remember your Uncle Oedipus.