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1、REDSTAR,WINTERORBITByBruceSterlingandWilliamGibsonColonelKorolevtwistedslowlyinhisharness,dreamingofwinterandgravity.Youngagain,acadet,hewhippedhishorseacrossthelateNovembersteppesofKazakhstanintodryredvistasofMartiansunset.That'swrong,hethought-Andwoke-intheMuseumoftheSovietTr
2、iumphinSpace-tothesoundsofRomanenkoandtheKGBman'swife.TheyweregoingatitagainbehindthescreenattheaftendoftheSalyut,restrainingstrapsandpaddedhullcreakingandthuddingrhythmically.Hoovesinthesnow.Freeinghimselffromtheharness,Korolevexecutedapracticedkickthatpropelledhimintothetoile
3、tstall.Shruggingoutofhisthreadbarecoverall,heclampedthecommodearoundhisloinsandwipedcondensedsteamfromthesteelmirror.Hisarthritichandhadswollenagainduringsleep;thewristwasbird-bonethinfromcalciumloss.Twentyyearshadpassedsincehe'dlastknowngravity;he'dgrownoldinorbit.Heshavedwith
4、asuctionrazor.Apatchworkofbrokenveinsblotchedhisleftcheekandtemple,anotherlegacyfromtheblowoutthathadcrippledhim.Whenheemerged,hefoundthattheadulterershadfinished.Romanenkowasadjustinghisclothing.ThePoliticalOfficer'swife,Valentina,hadrippedthesleevesfromherbrowncoverall;herwhi
5、tearmsweresheenedwiththesweatoftheirexertion.Herash-blondhairrippledinthebreezefromaventilator.Hereyeswerepurestcornflowerblue,setalittletoocloselytogether,andtheyheldalookhalf-apologetic,half-conspiratorial."Seewhatwe'vebroughtyou,Colonel-"Shehandedhimatinyairlinebottleofcogna
6、c.Stunned,KorolevblinkedattheAirFrancelogoembossedontheplasticcap."ItcameinthelastSoyuz.Inacucumber,myhusbandsaid."Shegiggled."Hegaveittome.""Wedecidedyoushouldhaveit,Colonel,"Romanenkosaid,grinningbroadly."Afterall,wecanbefurloughedatanytime."Korolevignoredthesidelong,embarras
7、sedglanceathisshriveledlegsandpale,danglingfeet.Heopenedthebottle,andthericharomabroughtasuddentinglingrushofbloodtohischeeks.Heraiseditcarefullyandsuckedoutafewmillilitersofbrandy.Itburnedlikeacid."Christ,"hegasped,"it'sbeenyears.I'llgetplastered!"Hesaid,laughing,tearsblurring
8、hisvision."Myfathertellsmeyoudranklikeahero,Colonel,in
