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1、eVersion1.0-clickforscannotesVASTERTHANEMPIRESANDMORESLOWUrsulaK.LeGuinItwasonlyduringtheearliestdecadesoftheLeaguethattheEarthsentshipsoutontheenormouslylongvoyages,beyondthepale,overthestarsandfaraway.TheywereseekingforworldswhichhadnotbeenseededorsettledbytheFoundersonHain,trulyal
2、ienworlds.AlltheKnownWorldswentbacktotheHainishOrigin,andtheTerrans,havingbeennotonlyfoundedbutsalvagedbytheHainish,resentedthis.Theywantedtogetawayfromthefamily.Theywantedtofindsomebodynew.TheHainish,liketiresomelyunderstandingparents,supportedtheirexplorations,andcontributedshipsan
3、dvolunteers,asdidseveralotherworldsoftheLeague.AllthesevolunteerstotheExtremeSurveycrewssharedonepeculiarity:theywereofunsoundmind.Whatsaneperson,afterall,wouldgoouttocollectinformationthatwouldnotbereceivedforfiveortencenturies?Cosmicmassinterferencehadnotyetbeeneliminatedfromtheope
4、rationoftheansible,andsoinstantaneouscommunicationwasreliableonlywithinarangeof120lightyears.Theexplorerswouldbequiteisolated.Andofcoursetheyhadnoideawhattheymightcomebackto,iftheycameback.Nonormalhumanbeingwhohadexperiencedtime-slippageofevenafewdecadesbetweenLeagueworldswouldvolunt
5、eerforaroundtripofcenturies.TheSurveyorswereescapists,misfits.Theywerenuts.TenofthemclimbedaboardtheferryatSmemingPort,andmadevaryinglyineptattemptstogettoknowoneanotherduringthethreedaystheferrytookgettingtotheirship,Gum.GumisaCetiannickname,ontheorderofBabyorPet.ThereweretwoCetians
6、ontheteam,twoHainishmen,oneBeldene,andfiveTerrans;theCetian-builtshipwascharteredbytheGovernmentofEarth.Hermotleycrewcameaboardwrigglingthroughthecouplingtubeonebyonelikeapprehensivespermatozoatryingtofertilizetheuniverse.Theferryleft,andthenavigatorputGumunderway.Sheflittedforsomeho
7、ursontheedgeofspaceafewhundredmillionmilesfromSmemingPort,andthenabruptlyvanished.When,after10hours29minutes,or256years,Gumreappearedinnormalspace,shewassupposedtobeinthevicinityofStarKG-E-96651.Sureenough,therewasthegoldpinheadofthestar.Somewherewithinafour-hundred-million-kilometer
8、spheretherew
