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1、ROBOTSANDEMPIREByIsaacAsimovPARTIAURORA1.THEDESCENDANTGladiafeltthelawnloungetomakesureitwasn'ttoodampandthensatdown.Atouchatthecontroladjusteditinsuchawayastoallowhertobesemirecumbentandanotheractivatedthediamagneticfieldandgaveher,asitalwaysdid,thesensationofutter
2、relaxation.Andwhynot?Shewas,inactualfact,floating-acentimeterabovethefabric.Itwasawarmandpleasantnight,thekindthatfoundtheplanetAuroraatitsbest-fragrantandstar-lit.Withapangofsadness,shestudiedthenumerouslittlesparksthatdottedtheskywithpatterns,sparksthatwerealltheb
3、righterbecauseshehadorderedthelightsofherestablishmentdimmed.Howwasit,shewondered,thatshehadneverlearnedthenamesofthestarsandhadneverfoundoutwhichwerewhichinallthetwenty-threedecadesofherlife.OneofthemwasthestaraboutwhichherbirthplanetofSolariaorbited,thestarwhich,d
4、uringthefirstthreedecadesofherlife,shehadthoughtofmerelyas"thesun."GladiahadoncebeencalledGladiaSolaria.ThatwaswhenshehadcometoAurora,twentydecadesbeforetwohundredStandardGalacticYears-anditwasmeantasanotveryfriendlywayofmarkingherforeignbirth.Amonthbeforehadbeenthe
5、bicentennialanniversaryofhershehadleftunmarkedbecauseshedidtothinkofthosedays.Beforethat,Gladia-DelmarreShestirreduneasily.Shehadalmostforgottenthatsurname.Wasitbecauseitwassolongago?Orwasitmerelythatshelaboredtoforget?AlltheseyearsshehadnotregrettedSolaria,nevermis
6、sedit.Andyetnow?Wasitbecauseshehadnow,quitesuddenly,discoveredherselftohavesurvivedit?Itwasgone-aPage1historicalmemoryandshestilllivedon?Didshemissitnowforthatreason?Herbrowfurrowed.No,shedidnotmissit,shedecidedresolutely.Shedidnotlongforit,nordidshewishtoreturntoit
7、.Itwasjustthepeculiarpangofsomethingthathadbeensomuchapartofher-howeverdestructively-beinggone.Solaria!ThelastoftheSpacerworldstobesettledandmadeintoahomeforhumanity.Andinconsequence,bysomemysteriouslawofsymmetryperhaps,itwasalsothefirsttodie?Thefirst?Didthatimplyas
8、econdandthirdandsoon?Gladiafelthersadnessdeepen.Therewerethosewhothoughttherewasindeedsuchanimplication.Ifso,Aurora,herlong-adoptedhome,ha
