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1、THEMAGICKOFCAMELOTBYARTHURH.LANDISCOPYRIGHT©,1981e-bookver.1.0"Astarshipisinvincibleinwarandindestructibletoallknownphenomena.AstarshipisalsotheFederation'spotentialbridgetoinfinity...."Sostatedtheintroductorylines,tapeEC-16-LK,asreproducedinthehandbookStar-shipsoftheGalacticFlee
2、t.Great!Excepthow,bybloodyHestoor,woulditeverexplaintheDeneb-3tomyFregisians?Itwouldn't,actually.Butnomatter.ForaFregisianisfirstanAlphian,ahumanoidfromthesystemsofthebinarystars,Fomalhaut'sIandII.And,touseanarchaicmetaphor,isthereforefromarace"withanunfortunatepropensityforadvan
3、cingfrombarbarismtobarbarismwithouteverachievingthemellowinginfluenceofcivilization."Moreover,toaFregisian'sthinking,theyneedednoexplanation;indeed,theycouldhardlycareless.Fortheyhavesorceryandwitchcraft.Anditworks!AndsotothemtherealitiesoftheDenebwerebutparallelmanifestationsoft
4、hevagariesoftheirownpotentials.Moreover,too,theydidn'thavetounderstandastarship.ItwasenoughthatI,theirborn-again"Collin-mythos,"aswellastheirrecentheroandsaviorintwowars,did.Theywereevensmuglypleasedthatitwasoneoftheirown,me,who'dapparentlyconjuredupthismarvelouspackagefromwhicht
5、heynowviewedthenightsideofFregisagainstthesurroundingblazingaureoleofFomalhautI.FomalhautI'stwinsun,FomalhautII,wasalsovisible—atabouttwobillionmiles,aswastheentirestarryvoid;this,fromtheparabolaofplatformwithintheinnerarcoftheDe-neb'stranslucentnose.Unshaken,evensomewhatamused,m
6、y"ambassadors"relaxedintheplatform'sswivels,sippedTerranandVelaswinesandatetheirfillofstrangefruitsandicecream.Afew—andwewerearounddozenaltogether—leanedagainstagravityrail,nibbledconfectionsandpreenedtheirbodyfur.Thislastwaspureostentation,doneonlywhenoneoftheship'spersonnelinsh
7、ortsandsee-throughtanktops,andquiteobviouslydevoidofbodyhair,passedby.Onoccasion,too,oneortheotherwouldwinkatmeandofferajollyquipormotAllinall,theyseemedtobeenjoyingwhateveritwastheythoughtwashappening.Theyworeamixedbagofsatins,velvets,jacquards,tooledleatherandthelike,sufficient
8、todazzleaTerranpeacock.Slashedsleevesand
