Breakness

He would never leave Pao again, in life or in death; if subaqueation awaited him, he preferred it to life on Breakness.

The Languages of Pao Vance, Jack, 1916- 1958

It was clear to Beran that Palafox had completely succumbed to the Breakness syndrome.

The Languages of Pao Vance, Jack, 1916- 1958

There was no one to meet them, a fact which only Beran, accustomed to the automatic efficiency of Breakness, found extraordinary.

The Languages of Pao Vance, Jack, 1916- 1958

Palafox held up his hand in one of the striking Breakness gestures.

The Languages of Pao Vance, Jack, 1916- 1958

I am the most highly modified man on Breakness, the most powerful man ever to exist.

The Languages of Pao Vance, Jack, 1916- 1958

Beran, through a combination of natural intelligence, zeal and his prior knowledge of the Breakness language, achieved a creditable record as apprentice linguist, and likewise sustained something of his previous program.

The Languages of Pao Vance, Jack, 1916- 1958

Of intense interest to the youth of Breakness was the subject of procreation in every possible ramification.

The Languages of Pao Vance, Jack, 1916- 1958

So began a new phase of Beran's existence on Breakness.

The Languages of Pao Vance, Jack, 1916- 1958

The future promised to be interesting, and when he returned to Pao he would be equipped with all the secret lore of Breakness.

The Languages of Pao Vance, Jack, 1916- 1958

Beran's Paonese endowment had been modified by his education; for no one could regard the population of Breakness as anything other than a set of discrete units.

The Languages of Pao Vance, Jack, 1916- 1958