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Cover of The Break Through
The Break Through

Publication Details

Type: Book
Publisher: Penguin Modern
Published: 1966

Reading Details

Pages: 58
Series: Penguin Modern #3

Reading History

1st read June 16, 2026 Lawrence, Kansas (US)

Highlights

First Paragraph:

My part of the affair started on Septhember 18th, when my chief sent for me and told me he was transferring me to Saxmere on the east coast. He was sorry about it, he said, but I was the only one with the ncecessary technical qualifications for the particular work they had on hand. No, he couldn't give me any details; they were an odd lot down there, and shut themselves up behind barbed wire at the slightest provocation. The place had been a radar experimental station a few years back, but this was finished, and any experiments that were going on now were of an entirely different nature, something to do with vibrations and the pitch of sound.