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1、ARINNDEMBOSISTERHOODOFTHESKIN*"SisterhoodoftheSkin"isArinnDembo'sfirstsale.SheattendedtheClarionWestWriters'Workshopin1990,andhaswrittensomesciencefictioncriticism.She'sfromSeattle,andhastwochildren.*"Iwrote'SisterhoodoftheSkin,'"shewrites,"afterabsorbingalotofhorrorstoriesfrompeoplewhohadworkedonf
2、ishingboatsinAlaska.Thelifeofthemerchantseamanisatrociouslybrutalanddangerous,eveninthismodernage,andthereislittleornolegalprotectionformenandwomenworkingininternationalwaters--evenlessprotectionthanthereisforthewatersthemselves.Isupposelwastryingtocapturemysenseofcommercialfishingasacontinuousstat
3、eofviolence,notonlyagainstNaturebutagainstthefinerfeelingswhichmakeushuman."Onescutasilkieoutofthenettoday;Icameupfromtheholdtofindhimtryingtokillitondeckwithalengthofpipe.Therestoftheswingshiftstoodaroundhim,givinghimawideberth;theireyeswerehollowandblackintherain.Noonewantedtobetoonearhim.Hemadea
4、broken,high-pitchedsoundashestruck,squealsofragewringingoutofhiminbursts--asifitwerehimbeingbeaten.Itlookedlikeafemale.Itmadenosound,ribsalreadybrokenovervitalorgansbutnowhereneardeath--thatfleshistootough,flexible,packedthickontoboneslikerock.Thebreastswereswollen.Itmayhavebeennursingacalf,downthe
5、resomewhereintheblackwater.Thegoldenpeltwasspatteredwithblood,soredanddarkthatitseemedalmostpurple.Itsmammalianblood,basedonironbutthickasgravy,theveinsinthosesleek,supplebodiesarelikedrainpipes.Forjustaseconditseyescaughtmine.Idrewmygunandshotit,erasingtheeyes,thewingednostrils,thelion'smouth,them
6、isery.Itsfacewastoomuchlikeawoman's--toomuchlikemyown.Joneslookedupatme,frozeninhissimiansquatwiththebloodypipestillinhishand.Hewasbeyondspeech.Ihadanendlessmomenttoholdthetargetingbeamonthecenterofhischestandwonderifitwouldn'tbebesttokillhim,drophimoverthesideandtrytocutourlosses.Hiseyeswereclear,
7、blue,andutterlyvacant--aberserker.IntheenditwassimplythefactthatIwantedtokillhimthatdecidedmeagainstit.Iletthebarrelofmypistoltwitchtowardhisweapon;hecaughtthegesture,lookeddownstupidlyatthebentpipeinhishan
