The Misplaced Battleship

by Harry Harrison · language: en

THE MISPLACED BATTLESHIP By HARRY HARRISON _It might seem a little careless to lose track of something as big as a battleship ... but interstellar space is on a different scale of magnitude.

But a misplaced battleship--in the wrong hands!--can be most dangerous._ Illustrated by Schoenherr When it comes to picking locks and cracking safes I admit to no master.

The door to Inskipp's private quarters had an old-fashioned tumbler drum that was easier to pick than my teeth.

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