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1、IainBanks-ASongOfStoneChapterOneWinteralwayswasmyfavouriteseason.Isthisyetwinter?Idonotknow.Thereissometechnicaldefinition,somethingbasedoncalendarsandthepositionofthesun,butIthinkonesimplybecomesawarethatthetideoftheseasonshasirrevocablyturned;thattheanimalinussmellswinter.Disregardingtheimposedg
2、ridofourchronology,winterissomethinginflicteduponourhalfworld,somethingtakenawayfromthelandbythecoldandcoolingskyandthelowandloweringsun,somethingthatpermeatesthesoul,andentersthemindthroughthenose,betweentheteethandacrosstheporousbarrieroftheskin.Arawwindpicksandstirssmallspiralsofleavesacrossthe
3、brokengreysurfaceoftheroadanddumpsthemscatteringinthecoldpuddlesofwateratthebottomoftheditches.Theleavesareyellow,red,ochreandbrown;thecoloursofburninginthemidstofthisdampchill.Someleavesremainonthetreesoverlookingtheroad;noicerimstheditches'meantrickle,andonbothsidesoftheplainthehillsarefreeofsno
4、wunderamiddaysunwithinawidesliceofcloudfreesky.Butstillitfeelslikeallautumn'spast.Northwards,inthedistance,afewmountainshidebehindagreybesiegingfleetofclouds.Perhapsthereissnowthere,onthosepeaks,butwearenotallowedtoseeityet.Thewindcomesfromthenorth,pushingveilsofraindownthehillstowardsus.Acrossthe
5、fieldstothesouthsometrampleblondeandwasted,someharvestedandearthbare,afewpittedwithcraterscolumnsofsmokeclimb,shiftedaslantbythefresheningbreeze.Foramoment,thewindsmellsbothofrainandburning.Thosearoundus,ourfellowrefugees,mutterandstamptheirfeetonthegreasysurfaceoftheroad.Weare,orwere,astreamofhum
6、anity,asurgeofoutcastpeople,arterialandquickinthisquietlandscape,butnowsomethingholdsusup.Thewinddiesagain,andonitsebbIsmellthesweatofunwashedbodiesandthescentofthetwohorsespullingourmakeshiftwagon.Youreachupfrombehindmeandholdmyelbow,squeezing.Iturnbacktoyou,brushingawispofjetblackhairawayfromyou
7、rbrow.Aroundyouareclusteredthebagsandchestswethoughttotake,stuffedwithwhateverwehopedmightproveusefulforusbutnottootemptingtoothers.Afewmorepreciousitemsarehiddenwithinandbeneaththecarriage.Youhavebeensittingwith
