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William Prochnau
Born
in Everett, Washington, The United States
August 09, 1937
Died
March 28, 2018
Genre
More books by William Prochnau…
“This is your captain speaking," Kazaklis said brightly. "On behalf of Strangelove Airlines and your flight crew I'd like to welcome you aboard our Stratocruiser flight to Irkutsk...”
― Trinity's Child: A Novel
― Trinity's Child: A Novel
“Polar Bear?"
"Yeah, Red Fox?"
"When the two of us come paddlin' in, you bring on them dancin' girls." The radio crackled. "Hear?"
"You bet, Red Fox," Kazaklis replied, fighting hopelessly against his faltering voice. Moreau gazed into the cockpit canopy through the blur of moistened eyes and saw the pilot snap a cocky thumbs-up at them. "Luck!" she and Kazaklis said simultaneously. But before the word was out, the gleaming fighter was gone and the B-52 plowed head-on into the murk of the storm.”
― Trinity's Child: A Novel
"Yeah, Red Fox?"
"When the two of us come paddlin' in, you bring on them dancin' girls." The radio crackled. "Hear?"
"You bet, Red Fox," Kazaklis replied, fighting hopelessly against his faltering voice. Moreau gazed into the cockpit canopy through the blur of moistened eyes and saw the pilot snap a cocky thumbs-up at them. "Luck!" she and Kazaklis said simultaneously. But before the word was out, the gleaming fighter was gone and the B-52 plowed head-on into the murk of the storm.”
― Trinity's Child: A Novel
“The general stopped. "Pessimistic," the admiral demanded.
"Pessimistic," the general repeated. "Nobody knows. The explosions and the radiation won't kill everybody. A new ice age is possible from the atmospheric dust shielding the sun. Just the opposite is also possible. If the ozone layer is depleted too greatly, man won't be able to handle it even in the southern hemisphere. Then, in theory, the species will die out. Like the dinosaurs. In that sense, it could be On the Beach. But from solar radiation."...”
― Trinity's Child: A Novel
"Pessimistic," the general repeated. "Nobody knows. The explosions and the radiation won't kill everybody. A new ice age is possible from the atmospheric dust shielding the sun. Just the opposite is also possible. If the ozone layer is depleted too greatly, man won't be able to handle it even in the southern hemisphere. Then, in theory, the species will die out. Like the dinosaurs. In that sense, it could be On the Beach. But from solar radiation."...”
― Trinity's Child: A Novel
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