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Название книги: Blind Lake
Автор(ы): Robert Wilson
Жанр: Научная Фантастика
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PART ONEThe New Astronomy
Telescopes of surpassing power revealed to her the unrevealed depths of the cosmos on polished mirrors of floating mercury. The dead worlds of Sirius, the half-formed worlds of Arcturus, the rich but lifeless worlds whirling around vast Antares and Betelgeuse — these she studied, without avail.—Polton Cross, “Wings Across the Cosmos,” 1938
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It could end at any time.Chris Carmody rolled into a zone of warmth in an unfamiliar bed: a depression in the cotton sheets where someone had lately been. Someone: her name was elusive, still lost in layers of sleep. But he craved the warmth of her recent presence, the author of this lingering heat. He pictured a face, benevolent and smiling and a little bit walleyed. He wondered where she had gone.It had been a while since he had shared anyone’s bed. Strange how what he relished, as much as anything, was the heat she left behind. This space he entered in her absence.It could end at any time. Had he dreamed the words? No. He had written them in
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