The Blue Behemoth is a science fiction novella by Leigh Brackett. Shannon?s Imperial Circus was a jinxed space-carny leased for a mysterious tour of the inner worlds. It made a one-night pitch on a Venusian swamp-town ? to find that death stalked it from the jungle in a tiny ball of flame. A huge amount of money for a simple job. The deal seemed too good to be true? ?Bucky Shannon leaned forward across the little hexagonal table. "We," he said, "are broke. We are finished, through. Washed up and down the drain." He added, as an afterthought, "Destitute." I looked at him. I said sourly, "You're kidding!? I've wet-nursed Shannon's Imperial Circus around the Triangle for eleven years, and I know. It's lousy, it's mangy, it's broken-down! Nothing works, from the ship to the roustabouts. In short, it is Buckhalter Shannon's Imperial Circus to Buckhalter Shannon's face unless he's tired...
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