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1、THEWORLDJONESMADEPHILIPK.DICKACEBOOKS,INC.1120AvenueoftheAmericasNewYork,N.Y.10036DESTINYWASINHISHANDS!SecurityagentCussickwasanoldhandatoutwittingpossibleenemiesofthetwenty-firstcenturygovernment.ButinthebespectacledyoungmannamedJoneshemethismatch.BecauseJonescouldcallCussick’severymove–andcalliti
2、nadvance!ForthatmatterJoneskneweverythinginadvance–exceptthenatureofthecosmicvisitorswhodrifteddownfromouterspace.AndyetitwasaroundthesealiensthatJonesbuiltuphisdrivetoabsolutepower–adrivewhichwasuniversalinscopeandwhichnoonecouldstop.BecauseJonesknewalltheanswersayearaheadoftime.Thatis,alltheanswe
3、rsexceptone.PHILIPK.DICK,authorofTheWorldJonesMade,isayoungandrisingstarinthescience-fictionconstellation.Hisfirstbook,SolarLottery,publishedbyAceBooksin1955,calledforthmuchexcitedcommentfromreviewersandreaders.Forinstance,DamonKnightwritinginInfinitymagazine,saidoftheauthorthat“it’sasifRobertSheck
4、leyshouldabruptlyturnintoacombinationofAlfredBester,HenryandCatherineKuttner,andA.E.VanVogt.”H.H.Holmes,writingintheNewYorkHerald-Tribune,calledthebook“aselaboratelyexcitingasvintageVanVogt–withanaddedtouchofC.M.Kornbluth’ssocialsatire.”However,wethinkthatPhilipK.Dickisnotjustacombinationofothers,b
5、utareallynewgreatwriteronhisownmerits.Andwethinkthathislatestnovel,thisone,willproveit.Page1THEWORLDJONESMADECopyright©,1956,byA.A.Wyn,Inc.AllRightsReserved.ToEphKonigsbergwhotalkedfastandtalkedverywellPrintedinU.S.A.CHAPTERONETHETEMPERATUREoftheRefugevariedfrom99degreesFahrenheitto101degreesFahren
6、heit.Steamlayperenniallyintheair,driftingandbillowingsluggishly.Geysersofhotwaterspurted,andthe“ground”wasashiftingsurfaceofwarmslime,compoundedfromwater,dissolvedminerals,andfungoidpulp.Theremainsoflichensandprotozoacoloredandthickenedthescumofmoisturethatdrippedeverywhere,overthewetrocksandsponge
7、-likeshrubbery,thevariousutilitarianinstallations.Acarefulbackdrophadbeenpainted,alongplateaurisingfromaheavyocean.Beyonddoubt,theRefugewasmodeledafterthewomb.Thesemblancecouldn’tbedenied—andnobodyhaddenied
