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1、FLASHFORWARD(v1.1)RobertJ.Sawyer,1999Ateamofphysiciststryingtoprovetheexistenceofatheoreticalparticleinadvertentlyshiftstheconsciousnessofhumankindforward20years.Onlytwominutesare"lost,"butmemoriesofthefutureinspirenewcults,seeminglyillogicalstockmarketspeculations,
2、andahostofnewpatents.Rivalrybetweentwoofthemalephysicistsforonewomanheatsup,sincetheflash-forwardhasshownhertobemarriedtothe"wrong"man.Oneoftherivals,LloydSimcoe,foreseeshisownmurder,thoughnothismurderer.Eventhoughtheeventis21yearsaway,Lloydispanic-strickenandsearch
3、esworldwideforcluesinthevisionsofothers.Intheend,thesebriefglimpsesofthefutureproveaddictive,andanewteamrepeatstheexperimentinamorecontrolledfashion,whichtreatsthereadertovisionsofanapocalyptic,almostWellsianfuture.ThereisalsoSimcoe'ssadavoidanceofhisowndeath,whichh
4、eaccomplishesbybecomingpainstakinglycautious.BOOKIAPRIL2009Hewhoforeseescalamitiessuffersthemtwiceover.--BeilbyPorteus1DayOne:Tuesday,April21,2009ASLICETHROUGHSPACETIME...ThecontrolbuildingforCERN'sLargeHadronColliderwasnew:ithadbeenauthorizedinA.D.2004andcompletedi
5、n2006.Thebuildingenclosedacentralcourtyard,inevitablynamed"thenucleus."EveryofficehadawindoweitherfacingintowardthenucleusorouttowardtherestofCERN'ssprawlingcampus.Thequadranglesurroundingthenucleuswastwostoriestall,butthemainelevatorshadfourstops:thetwoabove-ground
6、levels;thebasement,whichhousedboilerroomsandstorage;andtheminus-one-hundred-meterlevel,whichexitedontoastagingareaforthemonorailusedtotravelalongthetwenty-seven-kilometercircumferenceofthecollidertunnel.Thetunnelitselfranunderfarmers'fields,theoutskirtsoftheGenevaai
7、rport,andthefoothillsoftheJuramountains.Thesouthwallofthecontrolbuilding'smaincorridorwasdividedintonineteenlongsections,eachofwhichhadbeendecoratedwithamosaicmadebyanartistfromoneofCERN'smembercountries.TheonefromGreecedepictedDemocritusandtheoriginofatomictheory;t
8、heonefromGermanyportrayedthelifeofEinstein;theonefromDenmark,thatofNielsBohr.Notallofthemosaicshadphysicsastheirthemes,though:theFrenchone