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1、TheBoarderbyAlexanderJablokovWestartoffthisissuewithastorythatisn’tactuallysciencefictionorfantasy.Nonetheless,wethinkyou’lllike“TheBoarder.”ThispieceofhistoricalfictionfitsinwiththegrowingbodyofworkslikeAndyDuncan’s“TheChiefDesigner”andEllenKlages’s“TheGreenGlassSea”
2、thatviewthescientificchangesoftheTwentiethCenturythroughalensoffiction.Mr.Jablokov,whoisofRussiandescent,assuresusthatthestoryiswhollyfictional;infact,hesaysthatinresearchingthestory,hehadtofindavintageissueofPlayboy,justsohecouldlookattheads.****AcoupleofyearsafterIw
3、asborn,myparentsboughtthehousewheretheystilllive.Beforetheyevenmovedin,theyhadarrangedforaboardertorentthesmallroominthebasement.Theyhaddecided,inafairlyformalway,that,asRussianswithextrarooms,theyshouldtakeinboarders.Neitherhadeverhadanextraroom.Sotheyputlacecurtains
4、onthebasementwindowsandinstalledabathroomwithathunderingexhaustfanandatiledshowerstallwhosegroutreliablyturnedblackeverysummer.Itwasmyjobtoscrubitoutwithatoothbrush.Theroomhadanarrowbedwithanembroideredcover,anddarkiconsofseveralnondescriptsaints,boughtatachurchsalefr
5、omaglumanti-SemitewhoalsotriedtoselluscopiesofTheProtocolsoftheEldersofZionfromaboxunderhistable.Itwasnotanappealingroom,buttheyseemedtohavenotroublefindingtenants.Thefirstwasaprincess.Anactualprincess,somecollateraloftheTrubetskoys,borninParis,hertransliteratednameen
6、dinginascrolleddouble“f,”ratherthantheprosaic,anglo-phonetic“v”ofours.Myparents,bothproductsoftheSovietintelligentsia,werefascinatedbyaristocrats,evenoneswhosefatherhadmadeendsmeetbybecomingahaberdasher.PrincessAnnasnoredloudlyandhadthemostimpressiveeyebrowsIhadeverse
7、en.Shealwayssighedovermymother’sfood,thoughshecouldneverarticulate,inherexaggeratedPetersburgaccent,whatitwasshewaslookingfor.Idon’tthinkanyonereallymissedherwhensheleftafewmonthslater,tomoveinwithafriendofhers,aduchess,inBrooklyn.Shethoughtherselfliteraryandwasgivent
8、oobservationslike:“AlwaysreadTurgenevinFrench.Hemakesmuchmoresensethatway.SomepeoplepreferShakespeareinFrenchalso,butIreally
