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1、FAREWELLTOTHEMASTERbyHarryBatesThecompletestoryaspublishedinAstoundingStoriesofScienceFiction,October,1940.Chapter1Fromhisperchhighontheladderabovethemuseumfloor,CliffSutherlandstudiedcarefullyeachlineandshadowofthegreatrobot,thenturnedandlookedthoughtfullydownattherushofvisitorscomefromalloverth
2、esolarsystemtoseeGnutandthetravelerforthemselvesandtohearonceagaintheiramazing,tragicstory.Hehimselfhadcometofeelanalmostproprietaryinterestintheexhibit,andwithsomereason.Hehadbeentheonlyfreelancepicturereporteronthecapitalgroundswhenthevisitorsfromtheunknownhadarrived,andhadobtainedthefirstprofe
3、ssionalshotsoftheship.Hehadwitnessedatclosehandeveryeventofthenextmadfewdays.Hehadthereafterphotographedmanytimestheeight-footrobot,theship,andthebeautifulslainambassador,Klaatu,andhisimposingtomboutinthecenteroftheTidalBasin,and,suchwasthecontinuingnewsvalueoftheeventtothebillionsofpersonsthroug
4、houthabitablespace,hewastherenowoncemoretogetstillothershotsand,ifpossible,anew"angle."ThistimehewasafterapicturethatshowedGnutasweirdandmenacing.Theshotshehadtakenthedaybeforehadnotgivenquitetheeffecthewanted,andhehopedtogetittoday;butthelightwasnotyetrightandhehadtowaitfortheafternoontowanealit
5、tle.Thelastofthecrowdadmittedinthepresentgrouphurriedin,exclaimingatthepuregreencurvesofthemysterioustime-spacetraveler,thencompletelyforgettingtheshipatsightoftheawesomefigureandgreatheadofthegiantGnut.Hingedrobotsofcrudeman-likeappearancewerefamiliarenough,butneverhadEarthlingeyeslainonelikethi
6、s.ForGnuthadalmostexactlytheshapeofaman---agiant,butaman---withgreenishmetalformanÕscoveringflesh,andgreenishmetalformanÕsbulgingmuscles.Exceptforaloincloth,hewasnude.HestoodlikeapowerfulGodofthemachineofsomeundreamed-ofscientificcivilization,onhisfacealookofsullen,broodingthought.Thosewholookeda
7、thimdidnotmakejestsoridleremarks,andthosenearesthimusuallydidnotspeakatall.Hisstrange,internallyilluminatedredeyesweresosetthateveryobserverfelttheywerefixedonhimselfalone,andheengenderedafeelingthathemightatanymoments
