Project Gutenberg 2008-01-03 Public domain in the USA. 111 Leinster, Murray 1896 1975 Jenkins, Will Jenkins, William Fitzgerald Fitzgerald, William Jenkins, Will F. Schoenherr, John 1935 2010 Schoenherr, Jack Schoenherr, John (John Carl) The Ambulance Made Two Trips Produced from Astounding Science Fiction April 1960. Produced by Greg Weeks, Bruce Albrecht, Mary Meehan and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net "The Ambulance Made Two Trips" by Murray Leinster is a science fiction short story written in the early 1960s. The narrative follows Detective Sergeant Fitzgerald as he navigates the underbelly of crime in a town plagued by the nefarious activities of racketeer Big Jake Connors. The story delves into themes of corruption, ethics in law enforcement, and the extraordinary concepts of psionics and probability manipulation. In the plot, Detective Fitzgerald finds himself embroiled in a situation where violent intentions go awry, thanks to a psi unit utilized by a man named Brink, who seeks to thwart Big Jake's threats against his business. As Fitzgerald investigates odd occurrences surrounding Big Jake's schemes, he discovers that those intending harm find their plans thwarted, leading to mishaps instead of violent outcomes—such as pants catching fire or perpetrators crashing their cars. The story concludes with Fitzgerald and Brink confronting Big Jake and his thugs, highlighting how the unexpected consequences of esoteric forces can alter destiny. The intertwining of crime and speculative sci-fi elements creates a unique narrative exploring the implications of powerlessness against corrupt influences. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Science fiction Short stories Luck -- Fiction Police -- Fiction Gangsters -- Fiction PS Text Science Fiction Browsing: Science-Fiction & Fantasy Browsing: Fiction 75312 75322 2024-09-10T10:18:14.110524 2023-09-11T03:51:58.083998 text/html text/html 71808 2010-05-27T15:53:16 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 108140 2010-05-27T15:54:06 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 170529 2024-09-10T10:18:17.936523 application/epub+zip 168183 2024-09-10T10:18:15.581529 application/epub+zip 82036 2024-09-10T10:18:14.699601 application/epub+zip 271350 2024-09-10T10:18:19.681562 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 263035 2024-09-10T10:18:17.271527 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 179481 2022-09-11T08:32:36.878451 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 66559 66439 2024-09-10T10:18:13.844586 2023-09-11T03:51:57.843983 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 66436 2010-05-27T15:52:28 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 25801 2010-05-27T15:54:06 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 66425 2010-05-27T15:51:58 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 25787 2010-05-27T15:54:06 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 22182 2024-09-10T10:18:19.817508 application/rdf+xml 14865 2024-09-10T10:18:15.045521 image/jpeg 3637 2024-09-10T10:18:14.870537 image/jpeg 165712 2024-09-10T10:18:14.124548 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia en.wikipedia