
There wasn't, as a matter of fact, much of anything on this particular planet. It was strictly a low-grade affair and it wouldn't amount to much for another billion years. The survey, understandably, wasn't too interested in planets that wouldn't amount to much for another billion years.
перевод: О. Г. Битов, 1994
«Свалка» (Junkyard), 1953
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