标题: 《The Decayed Leg Bone 》作者:- Robert F. Young【EPUB】 [打印本页]

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标题: 《The Decayed Leg Bone 》作者:- Robert F. Young【EPUB】
ROBERT F. YOUNG Robert Young's most recent stories here ("No Deposit*No Refill, February; "New Route to the Indies," August) dealt with the lighter sides of life but this time Young tackles a more somber theme, symbolized by Owen Spring as— THE DECAYED LEG BONE Illustrated by DAN STEFFAN T HE "AWOL Amerind" awed the plenipotentiary from Earth, even though Marque knew perfectly well that the huge figure that had suddenly appeared on the main deck of the ESS Landfall wasn't Owen Spring in the flesh but a greatly magnified three-dimensional projection. Nevertheless, the image was so realistic that only by rising from his seat, walking around the rectangular negotiating table and thrusting his hand through the figure's "body"—a course of action Marque's diplomatic dignity strictly forbade—could the plenipotentiary have wholly convinced himself of the projection's insubstantiality. The





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