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1、March2007v2.0TheKar-cheeReignAvramDavidsonTHEPLANETSCAVENGERSItwasthedistantfutureofEarth,andthemotherplanetofagalaxy-wideempirehadbeenforgottenbyherfar-flungcolonies.Forgotten,tired,oldandstrippedofheroresandnaturalfuels,Earthandthescatteredbandsofhumansleftb
2、ehindweretotallyunpreparedfortheinvasionofthestrange,monstrousKar-cheefromthedepthsofthestars.TheKar-cheehadcometostripEarthofthefewnaturalresourcestheplanethadleft—tocrackthemarrowoftheagedplanetandscavengewhateverofworthwasleftthere.Itwasamassive,planet-wide
3、operationinwhichcontinentsweresunkandoceansdrained,andifthetiny,insignificanthumansdiedintheseholocausts,whatdidthatmattertotheKar-chee?Butitmatteredtothehumans…and,atlast,theybegantofight.contentsIIIIIIIVVVIVIIVIIIIXXTHEKAR-CHEEREIGNbyAVRAMDAVIDSONacedoubleG-
4、574ACEBOOKS,INC.Copyright©,1966byAceBooks,Inc.AllRightsReservedPrintedinU.S.A.I^»ThebigplaceontheoldRowanhomesitehadjustbeenfreshlythatched—andwhatadisturbanceofbirds,snakes,lizards,miceandspiderstheremovalofthepreviousthatchhadcaused—butitsthickwallshadstoodt
5、hereforgenerations:scarredandchippedandstreakedwithsmokeandsmearedwithgrease,butinall,stillsturdy.ThefirstRowanhadbuiltwell;hehadnotcomeherewithhiswivesandchildrenandhisflocksandherdsafterthesinkingofCalifornia,forhehadhadnoneofthose.Hehadinfactlandedwithonesm
6、allboatandonesmalldogandadeterminedmindandahopefulheart,marryingadaughteroftheland(thatistosay,hehadconcludedamajortreatybythetermsofwhichhegranteduseofhisinfinitelypreciouscoldchiselforhalfayearofeveryyearandinreturnwasgranteduseforthewholeofeveryyearofanarea
7、oflandforbuildingandfarmingandhuntingandfishing,plusagirlwhohadbeencapturedalmostcasuallyfromafar-offpeopleyearsbackandwasofanagetobemanned),andhadputuphishouseaccordingtoaplanexistinginhisownheadonly—then,unprecedented;since,thestandardmodel.Hehadleftbehindmo
8、rethanasetofwallsandastyleinhousing.Hislongheadandlongbonesandwide,smilingmouthwerenowpartofthecommonfabricofthepeople;hiscasual,personalturnsofspeechhadbecomethewayonespoke.Ifapro
