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1、ABOUTTHEAUTHORIsaacAsimovisregardedasoneofthegreatestscience-fictionwritersofourtime,aswellasavaluedcontributortotheworldofscience.HeholdsaPh.D.inChemistryfromColumbiaUniversity(1948)and,thoughhenolongerlivesintheBostonarea,isanAssociateProfessorofBiochemistryatBostonUniversity
2、.Hehasreceivednumerousawardsforhisinspiringscientificarticlescoveringawiderangeofsubjects.Inthisnovel,Dr.Asimov’sprobingimaginationhascreatedafascinatingadventuresetinthefar-distantfuture--anadventurethatcouldchangefromfictiontofactanydaynow.THENAKEDSUNisaacasimovCopyright©1956
3、,1957ToNoreenandNickFalasca,forinvitingme,ToTonyBoucher,forintroducingme,andToOneHundredUnusualHours.Contents1AQuestionIsAsked2AFriendIsEncountered3AVictimIsNamed4AWomanIsViewedPage15ACrimeIsDiscussed6ATheoryIsRefuted7ADoctorIsProdded8ASpacerIsDefied9ARobotIsStymied10ACultureIs
4、Traced11AFarmIsInspected12ATargetIsMissed13ARoboticistIsConfronted14AMotiveIsRevealed15APortraitIsColored16ASolutionIsOffered17AMeetingIsHeld18AQuestionIsAnswered1AQuestionIsAskedSTUBBORNLYElijahBaleyfoughtpanic.Fortwoweeksithadbeenbuildingup.Longerthanthat,even.Ithadbeenbuildi
5、ngupeversincetheyhadcalledhimtoWashingtonandtherecalmlytoldhimhewasbeingreassigned.ThecalltoWashingtonhadbeendisturbingenoughinitself.Itcamewithoutdetails,ameresummons;andthatmadeitworse.Itincludedtravelslipsdirectingroundtripbyplaneandthatmadeitstillworse.Partlyitwasthesenseof
6、urgencyintroducedbyanyorderforplanetravel.Partlyitwasthethoughtoftheplane;simplythat.Still,thatwasjustthebeginningofuneasinessand,asyet,easytosuppress.Afterall,LijeBaleyhadbeeninaplanefourtimesbefore.Oncehehadevencrossedthecontinent.So,whileplanetravelisneverpleasant,itwould,at
7、least,notbeacompletestepintotheunknown.Page2Andthen,thetripfromNewYorktoWashingtonwouldtakeonlyanhour.Thetake-offwouldbefromNewYorkRunwayNumber2,which,likeallofficialRunways,wasdecentlyenclosed,withalockopeningtotheunprotectedatmosphereonlyafterairspeedhadbeenachieved.Thearriva
8、lwouldbeatWashingtonRunwayNumber5,whichwassimilarlypro