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    A Trillion-Dollar Rock
    A Trillion-Dollar Rock
    A Trillion-Dollar Rock
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    A Trillion-Dollar Rock

    By George Saoulidis

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    When the dumbest woman on the planet sets her eyes on the nearest asteroid, she ignores all logical problems and tries to claim it for herself. But will she manage to launch a rocket that far and claim the mining rights, when a rocket seems to cost quite a bit of money, when the Brainiacs at NASA say it cannot be done and when stupid issues like physics and rocket science try to get in her way?

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherMythography Studios
    Release dateDec 2, 2018
    ISBN9781386162360
    A Trillion-Dollar Rock
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    George Saoulidis

    Writer/Director. I enjoy taking ancient Greek myths and turning them into modern sci-fi spooky versions. I also like to write romantic comedies, and people seem to go "Awww!" over them, so why not?  Many of my stories are icky, in various ways. I’m European, we have a higher tolerance for that kind of stuff. Plus, I’m inspired by mythology and Shakespeare, so if you can’t handle tragedy and bodily fluids, feel free to move on. My photo has been redrawn by a neural network. Join the Mythographers, download the free starting library and begin reading right now: https://www.mythographystudios.com/join

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      OKAY, PETRA WASN’T the brightest of the bunch. Everybody knew that, except for her, as it usually was with idiots. The problem, and this is where clever people really slam their heads on the wall, is that if you throw a thousand idiots at a problem, one might succeed at it.

      Petra heard half of what the briefing said. No, not half, less than that. What was half of half? There should be a name for it, something so you could say it and keep it short. Those clever-pants scientists with their big words should get onto that, naming the half of halves.

      Anyway, she digressed. She heard half of half of what they said on the briefing, and understood half of half of the words they used. Something about asteroid mining something-something, yadda yadda, corporations, mining rights, blah blah blah.

      And then they said the magic words that made her eyes roll in dollar signs like an old-timey cartoon: A trillion dollars.

      She raised her hand.

      Yes, Petra? the scientist said, hesitant.

      Did I hear you right? That rock, whatchacallit?

      THX-1138, he added helpfully.

      That’s a silly name. Let’s call it Shiny, from now on, alright? Now, if I understand you correctly, you said that that rock, Shiny, is worth a trillion dollars? she asked, practically

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