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1、LIVINGWILLAlexanderJablokovWithinthelastfewyears,AlexanderJablokovhasestablishedhimselfasoneofthemosthighlyregardedandpromisingnewwritersinSF.HeisafrequentcontributortoIsaacAsimov'sScienceFictionMagazine,Amazing,andothermagazines.HelivesinSomerville,Massachuset
2、ts,whereheisinvolvedinworkingonaprojectedanthologyof"FutureBoston"storiesbeingputtogetherbytheCambridgeWriter'sWorkshop;hehimselfhaswrittenseveralstoriessetinthe"FutureBoston"milieu.Hisstory"AttheCross-TimeJaunters'Ball"wasinourFifthAnnualCollection;hisnovella"
3、ADeeperSea"wasinourSeventhAnnualCollection;andhis"TheDeathArtist"wasinourEighthAnnualCollection.Hisfirstnovel,CarvetheSky,wasreleasedin1991towidecriticalacclaim,andhissecondnovel,ADeeperSea,willbeoutsoon.He'satworkonanewbook,tentativelycalledNimbus,andIhavelitt
4、ledoubtthathewillcometobenumberedamongtheBigNamesofthenineties.Hereherelatesthepowerfulstoryofafar-sightedmanwhomakesallthenecessarypreparationsforhiseventualdeath—includingafewthatmostpeoplewouldnotthinkof…Thecomputerscreenlayonthedesklikeapieceofpaper.Likefin
5、ecalfskinparchment,actually—thesoftwarehadthatasastandardoption.Atthetop,inblockcapitals,werethewordsCOMMENCEENTRY."Boy,youhavealottolearn."RomanMaitlandleanedbackinhischair."That'ssomethingIwouldneversay.Letthatbeyourfirstdatum."PREFERREDPROMPT?"Surpriseme."Ro
6、manturnedawaytopourhimselfacupofcoffeefromthethermosnexttoastonebustofArchimedes.ThebusthadbeengiventohimbyhisfriendGerald"tohelpyourememberyourroots,"asGeraldhadputit.Archimedesdesperatelyshoulderedthedisorganizedstackofopticaldisksthatthreatenedtosweephimfrom
7、hisshelf.Romanturnedbacktothescreen.TELLMEASTORY,itsaid.Hebarkedalaugh."Fairenough."Hestoodupandslouchedaroundhisoffice.Theafternoonsunslantedthroughthehighwindows.Throughtheconcealingshrubshecouldjustheartheroadinfrontofthehouse,apersistentannoyance.Whathadbee
8、naminorstreetwhenhebuiltthehousehadturnedintoamajorthoroughfare."Myearliestmemoryisofmysister."RomanMaitlandwasastocky,white-hairedmanwithhigh-arched,darkeyebrows.HiswifeAbi
