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1、50in50:FiftyStoriesinFiftyYearsHarryHarrisonTorBooksISBN10:0-3128-7790-0AlienShoresTheStreetsofAshkelonSomewhereabove,hiddenbytheeternalcloudsofWesker'sWorld,athunderrumbledandgrew.TraderGarthstoppedsuddenlywhenheheardit,hisbootssinkingslowlyintothemuck,andcuppedhisgoodeartocatchthesound.Itswelle
2、dandwanedinthethickatmosphere,growinglouder."Thatnoiseisthesameasthenoiseofyoursky-ship,"Itinsaid,withstolidWeskerlogicality,slowlypulverizingtheideainhismindandturningoverthebitsonebyoneforcloserexamination."Butyourshipisstillsittingwhereyoulandedit.Itmustbe,eventhoughwecannotseeit,becauseyouare
3、theonlyonewhocanoperateit.Andevenifanyoneelsecouldoperateitwewouldhavehearditrisingintothesky.Sincewedidnot,andifthissoundisasky-shipsound,thenitmustmean—""Yes,anothership,"Garthsaid,tooabsorbedinhisownthoughtstowaitforthelaboriousWeskerianchainsoflogictoclanktheirwaythroughtotheend.Ofcourseitwas
4、anotherspacer,ithadbeenonlyamatteroftimebeforeoneappeared,andundoubtedlythisonewashomingontheS.Sradarreflectorashehaddone.Hisownshipwouldshowupclearlyonthenewcomer'sscreenandtheywouldprobablysetdownasclosetoitastheycould."Youbettergoahead,Itin,"hesaid."Usethewatersoyoucangettothevillagequickly.Te
5、lleveryonetogetbackintotheswamps,wellclearofthehardground.Thatshipislandingoninstrumentsandanyoneunderneathattouchdownisgoingtobecooked."ThisimmediatethreatwasclearenoughtothelittleWeskeramphibian.BeforeGarthhadfinishedspeakingItin'sribbedearshadfoldedlikeabat'swingsandheslippedsilentlyintothenea
6、rbycanal.Garthsquelchedonthroughthemud,makingasgoodtimeasbecouldovertheclingingsurface.Hehadjustreachedthefringesofthevillageclearingwhentherumblinggrewtoahead-splittingroarandthespacerbrokethroughthelow-hanginglayerofcloudsabove.Garthshieldedhiseyesfromthedown-reachingtongueofflameandexaminedthe
7、growingformofthegray-blackshipwithmixedfeelings.AfteralmostastandardyearonWesker'sWorldhehadtofightdownalongingforhumancompanionshipofanykind.Whilethisburiedfragmentofherd-spiritchatteredfortherestofthemonkeytribe,hist