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Название книги: Startide Rising
Автор(ы): David Brin
Жанр: Научная Фантастика
Адрес книги: http://www.6lib.ru/books/Startide-Rising-228751.html
Prologue
FROM THE JOURNAL OF GILLIAN BASKINStreaker is limping like a dog on three legs.We took a chancy jump through overdrive yesterday, a step ahead of the Galactics who are chasing us. The one probability coil that had survived the Morgran battle groaned and complained, but finally delivered us here, to the shallow gravity well of a small population-II dwarf star named Kthsemenee.The Library lists one habitable world in orbit, the planet Kithrup.When I say "habitable," it's with charity. Tom, Hikahi, and I spent hours with the captain, looking for alternatives. In the end, Creideiki decided to bring us here.As a physician, I dread landing on a planet as insidiously dangerous as this one, but Kithrup is a water world, and our mostly-dolphin crew needs water to be able to move about and repair the ship. Kithrup is rich in heavy metals, and should have the raw materials we need.It also has the virtue of being seldom visited. The Library says it's been fallow for a very long time. Maybe the Galactics wo
Название книги: Startide Rising
Автор(ы): David Brin
Жанр: Научная Фантастика
Адрес книги: http://www.6lib.ru/books/Startide-Rising-228751.html
Prologue
FROM THE JOURNAL OF GILLIAN BASKINStreaker is limping like a dog on three legs.We took a chancy jump through overdrive yesterday, a step ahead of the Galactics who are chasing us. The one probability coil that had survived the Morgran battle groaned and complained, but finally delivered us here, to the shallow gravity well of a small population-II dwarf star named Kthsemenee.The Library lists one habitable world in orbit, the planet Kithrup.When I say "habitable," it's with charity. Tom, Hikahi, and I spent hours with the captain, looking for alternatives. In the end, Creideiki decided to bring us here.As a physician, I dread landing on a planet as insidiously dangerous as this one, but Kithrup is a water world, and our mostly-dolphin crew needs water to be able to move about and repair the ship. Kithrup is rich in heavy metals, and should have the raw materials we need.It also has the virtue of being seldom visited. The Library says it's been fallow for a very long time. Maybe the Galactics wo
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