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1、TheThreeStigmataOfPalmerEldritchbyPhilipK.DickCopyright1964byPhilipK.DickAllrightsreservedunderInternationalandPan-AmericanCopyrightConventions.PublishedintheUnitedStatesbyVintageBooks,adivisionofRandomHouse,Inc.,NewYork,andsimultaneouslyinCanadabyRandomH
2、ouseofCanadaLimited,Toronto.OriginallypublishedbyDoubleday&Co.,Inc.,NewYork,in1977.ReprintedbyarrangementwithDoubledayandCompany,Inc.ISBN0-8398-2479-3FirstVintageBooksedition,November1991ForinformationaboutthePhilipK.DickSociety,writeto:PKDS,Box611,GlenEl
3、len,CA95442.Page1THETHREESTIGMATAOFPALMERELDRITCHImean,afterall;youhavetoconsiderwe'reonlymadeoutofdust.That'sadmittedlynotmuchtogoonandweshouldn'tforgetthat.Butevenconsidering,Imeanit'sasortofbadbeginning,we'renotdoingtoobad.SoIpersonallyhavefaiththateve
4、ninthislousysituationwe'refacedwithwecanmakeit.Yougetme?--_Fromaninterofficeaudio-memocirculatedtoPre-FashlevelconsultantsatPerkyPatLayouts,Inc.,dictatedbyLeoBuleroimme-diatelyonhisreturnfromMars_.ONEHisheadunnaturallyaching,BarneyMayersonwoketofindhimsel
5、finanunfamiliarbedroominanunfamiliarconaptbuilding.Besidehim,thecoversuptoherbare,smoothshoulders,anunfamiliargirlslepton,breathinglightlythroughhermouth,herhairatumbleofcottonlikewhite.I'llbetI'mlateforwork,hesaidtohimself,slidfromthebed,andtotteredtoast
6、andingpositionwitheyesshut,keepinghimselffrombeingsick.Forallheknewhewasseveralhours'drivefromhisoffice;perhapshewasnotevenintheUnitedStates.HoweverhewasonEarth;thegravitythatmadehimswaywasfamiliarandnormal.Andthereinthenextroombythesofaafamiliarsuitcase,
7、thatofhispsychiatristDr.Smile.Barefoot,hepaddedintothelivingroom,andseatedhimselfbythesuitcase;heopenedit,clickedswitches,andturnedonDr.Smile.Metersbegantoregisterandthemechanismhummed."WhereamI?"Barneyaskedit."AndhowfaramIfromNewYork?"Thatwasthemainpoint
8、.Hesawnowaclockonthewalloftheapt'skitchen;thetimewas7:30A.M.Notlateatall.ThemechanismwhichwastheportableextensionofDr.Smile,connectedbymicro-relaytothecomputeritselfinthebasementlevelofBarney'sownconaptbuildinginNew