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1、TheProjectGutenbergEBookofTheCosmicComputer,byHenryBeamPiperThiseBookisfortheuseofanyoneanywhereatnocostandwithalmostnorestrictionswhatsoever.Youmaycopyit,giveitawayorre-useitunderthetermsoftheProjectGutenbergLicenseincludedwiththiseBookoronlineatwww.gutenberg.or
2、gTitle:TheCosmicComputerAuthor:HenryBeamPiperReleaseDate:May23,2007[EBook#20727][ThisfilewasfirstpostedonMarch3,2007]Language:English***STARTOFTHISPROJECTGUTENBERGEBOOKTHECOSMICCOMPUTER***ProducedbyGregWeeks,BethanneM.Simms,JasonIsbell,andtheOnlineDistributedProo
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12、---------------+THECOSMICCOMPUTERbyHBEAMPIPER"Thereareincrediblethingsstillundiscovered;mostoftheimportantinstallationswerebuiltinduplicateasaprecautionagainstspaceattack.Iknowwhereallofthemare."ButIcouldfindnothing,notonesingleword,aboutanygiantstrategicplanning
13、computercalledMerlin!"Neverthelesstheleadingmenoftheplanetdidn'tbelievehim.Theycouldn't,forthesearchforMerlinhadbecometheirabidingobsession.Merlinmeanteverythingtothem:power,pleasures,andprofitsunlimited.335Connhadknownthey'dneverbelievehim,andsohehadatrickortwou
14、phisspace-trainedsleevethatmightoutwiteventheirfabledCosmicComputer...iftheydaredaccepthischallenge._H.BEAMPIPER_isratherenigmaticwherehispersonalstatisticsareconcerned.ItmaybestatedthathelivesinWilliamsport,Pennsylvania,thatheisanexpertonthehistoryanduseofhandwe
15、apons,thathehasbeenwritingandsellingscience-fictionformanyyearstotheleadingmagazines,andthatheishighlyratedamongreadersforhisskillandimagination.Hehashadseveralnovelspublished,includingmysteriesandjuveniles.HispreviousappearancesinAceBooksincludetwonovelswritteni
16、ncollaborationwithJohnJ.McGuire:CRISISIN2140(D-227)andAPLANETFORTEXANS(D-299),andalongerentirelyself-authorednovelSPACEVIKING(F-225).THECOSMICCOMPUTER(Original