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1、ROCANNON'SWORLDbyUrsulaK.LeGuinTheEkumen01Copyright1966,byAceBooks,Inc.PartofthisnovelappearedinAmazingStories,Sept.1964,asashortstory,andiscopyright,1964,byZiff-DavisPublicationsInc.CONTENTSPrologueIIIIIIIVVVIVIIVIIVIIIEpilogueIntroductionWeoncewrotethatwhileonlyafewwomenwrotescience-fictiontheym
2、adeupinqualitywhattheylackedinnumbers.CertainlyamongtheranksofthemosthighlyesteemedartisansoffantasyfictionwillbefoundthenamesofAndreNorton,LeighBrackett,C.L.Moore,MargaretSt.Clair,andMarionZimmerBradley.Rocannon'sWorldintroducesthefirstbookbyanotherofthatselectgroup,UrsulaK.LeGuin.Mrs.LeGuinlives
3、inPortland,Oregon,andhasmadeherfirstsalestothemagazines.Thatshehastalentwillbeevidentonreading,forthes-freaderwillfindinthisvividinterplanetaryfantasyelementsreminiscentnotonlyofthesoaringimageryoftheabove-mentionedbuthintsofthefantasyoftheTolkienorMerritttype.Thismayseemextravagantpraiseforabegin
4、ner,butwehopethatthereaderwillsensethisforhimselfandwait,hopefully,forhernextnovel.Page1—D.A.W.PrologueContents-NextHowcanyoutellthelegendfromthefactontheseworldsthatliesomanyyearsaway?—planetswithoutnames,calledbytheirpeoplesimplyTheWorld,planetswithouthistory,wherethepastisthematterofmyth,andare
5、turningexplorerfindshisowndoingsofafewyearsbackhavebecomethegesturesofagod.Unreasondarkensthatgapoftimebridgedbyourlightspeedships,andinthedarknessuncertaintyanddisproportiongrowlikeweeds.Intryingtotellthestoryofaman,anordinaryLeaguescientist,whowenttosuchanamelesshalf-knownworldnotmanyyearsago,on
6、efeelslikeanarcheologistamidmillennialruins,nowstrugglingthroughchokedtanglesofleaf,flower,branchandvinetothesuddenbrightgeometryofawheelorapolishedcornerstone,andnowenteringsomecommonplace,sunlitdoorwaytofindinsideitthedarkness,theimpossibleflickerofaflame,theglitterofajewel,thehalf-glimpsedmovem
7、entofawoman'sarm.Howcanyoutellfactfromlegend,truthfromtruth?ThroughRocannon'sstorythejewel,theblueglitterseenbriefly,returns.Withitletusbegin,here:GalacticArea8,No.62:FOMALHAUTII.High-IntelligenceLifeForms:Specie
