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1、KURTVONNEGUTSEVENSTORIESPRESSNewYork•London•TorontoCopyright©1999byKurtVonnegutASevenStoriesFirstEditionSevenStoriesPress140WattsStreetNewYork,NY10013DistributedinCanadabyHushionHouse,Toronto.DistributedintheU.K.byTurnaround,London.Allrightsreserved.SpecialthankstoMartyGoldensohnofWNYC,whoserved
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3、eorgia,onMay15,1999.ISBN:1-58322-020-8PrintedintheU.S.A.9876543contentsINTRODUCTION.GODBLESSYOU,DRKEVORKIAN21INDEXOFPERSONS79introductionAWORDFROMWNYC'SREPORTERONTHEAFTERLIFEMyfirstnear-deathexperiencewasanaccident,abotchedanesthesiaduringatriplebypass.Ihadlis-tenedtoseveralpeopleonTVtalkshowswh
4、ohadgonedownthebluetunneltothePearlyGates,andevenbeyondthePearlyGates,orsotheysaid,andthencomebacktolifeagain.ButIcertainlywouldn'thavesetoutonsuchariskyexpeditiononpurpose,withoutfirsthavingsurvivedone,andthenplannedanotherincooperationwithDr.JackKevorkianandthestaffatthestate-of-the-artlethali
5、njectionexecutionfacilityatHuntsville,Texas.ThefollowingreportswererecordedforlaterbroadcastbyradiostationWNYC.Ihopetheyconveyasenseofimmediacy.TheyweretapedinthetiledHuntsvilledeathchamberonlyfiveminutesorsoafterIwasunstrappedfromthegurney.Thetaperecorder,incidentally,likethegurney,wastheproper
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7、erhapseventourists,willsurelyfollowthesafetwo-waypathtoEternityIpioneered.Ibegthemtobecontent,asIlearnedtobe,withinterviewstheyareabletoconductonthehundredyardsorsoofvacantlotbetweenthefarendofthebluetunnelandthePearlyGates.
