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1、ChangesAndrewWeinerBorninBritainbutnowaCanadiancitizenlivinginToronto,WeinerhaspublishedshortfictioninF&SF,Asimov’s,Interzoneandothers,andhaspublishedanSFnovel,StationGehenna.Hetellsusthat‘Changes’‘ispartofacyclewhichI’vebeenwritingbackwards.MarthaNovaa
2、ndRobertDuke(identified,forsomeobscurereason,onlyasthe“dancer”)firstappearedinGettingNeartheEnd,astoryabouttheendoftheworldpublishedina1981Aceanthology,Proteus.Morerecently,IwroteanovellacalledSeeing(recentlysoldtoF&SF),whichisakindofprequeltoGettingNea
3、r.“Changes”,inturn,isaprequeltoSeeing.’Nodoubtthecyclewillbefinishedanydecadenow;but‘Changes’standsinitsownrightasaseriouslypoliticalspeculativefictionstorythatworksfromthepersonalleveltogiveawidersenseofasocietyshakingitselftopiecesonanapocalypticrolle
4、rcoasterride.Itisallthemoreeffectivebecauseofthebeautifullyquietandtransparentnarrative,andthemeticulousverisimilitudeofitsstadiumrockbackdrop,forwhichAndrewWeinerhasdrawnuponhisexperienceasafreelancerockwriterintheearlyseventies.‘IstoppedbecauseIfigure
5、dIwasgettingtooold,’hesays,‘butI’vesincecomebacktothesubjectagainandagaininmyfiction.’****Well?’Sykesasked.Thetapewashalf-over.Dukehadnotsaidawordsinceitbegan.Nowhelookedup,shrugged.‘It’swhatIexpected.’‘Butyoudon’tlikeit.’‘Likingitwasn’tpartofthedeal.’A
6、nothersongbegan,perhapsthebestthingDukehadwritteninyears.Likealltheothers,Sykeshadchokedthelifeoutofit.‘Thisisthenewsound,Robert,’Sykessaid.‘Theoldsoundsareover.Finished.’‘SoI’vebeentold.’Dukegotup.HestaredblanklyforamomentatthewallsofSykes’soffice.They
7、wereblanketedwithgoldandplati•numdiscs,Grammies,ProduceroftheYearAwards.‘IthinkI’veheardenough,’hesaid.‘You’llthankme,’Sykessaid,‘whenthisputsyoubackinthecharts.’‘I’llneverthankyou.’****PhilMaslowcalledwhenDukewasabouttoleaveforthereception.‘It’sbeenawh
8、ile,’Maslowsaid.‘Toolong,’Dukesaid.Notlongenough,hethought.Theywentbackalotofyears,DukeandMaslow,backtothedayswhentheyhadbothbeenyoungfolkiesscufflingintheVillage,surfingonDylan’swave.Theyhadplayedtogether,gotdrunktogether,picked
