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1、ABOUTTHEAUTHORIsaacAsimovisregardedasoneofthegreatestscience-fictionwritersofourtime,aswellasavaluedcontributortotheworldofscience.HeholdsaPh.D.inChemistryfromColumbiaUniversity(1948)and,thoughhenolongerlivesintheBostonarea,isanAssociateProfessorofBiochemistryatBosto
2、nUniversity.Hehasreceivednumerousawardsforhisinspiringscientificarticlescoveringawiderangeofsubjects.IsaacAsimovPEBBLEintheSKYCopyright©1950byIsaacAsimovdedicationTOMYFATHER,WHOFIRSTINTRODUCEDMETOSCIENCEFICTION.contents1betweenonefootstepandthenextPage12thedisposalof
3、astranger3oneworld--ormany?4theroyalroad5theinvoluntaryvolunteer6apprehensioninthenight7conversationwithmadmen?8convergenceatchica9conflictatchica10interpretationofevents11themindthatchanged12themindthatkilled13spiderwebatwashenn14secondmeeting15theoddsthatvanished16
4、chooseyourside!17changeyourside!18duel!19thedeadlinethatapproached20thedeadlinethatwasreached21thedeadlinethatpassed22thebestisyettobe1betweenonefootstepandthenextPage2TwominutesbeforehedisappearedforeverfromthefaceoftheEarthheknew,JosephSchwartzstrolledalongthepleas
5、antstreetsofsuburbanChicagoquotingBrowningtohimself.Inasensethiswasstrange,sinceSchwartzwouldscarcelyhaveimpressedanycasualpasser-byastheBrowning-quotingtype.Helookedexactlywhathewas:aretiredtailor,thoroughlylackinginwhatthesophisticatesoftodaycalla“formaleducation.”
6、Yethehadexpendedmuchofaninquisitivenatureuponrandomreading.Bythesheerforceofindiscriminatevoracity,hehadgleanedasmatteringofpracticallyeverything,andbymeansofatrickmemoryhadmanagedtokeepitallstraight.Forinstance,hehadreadRobertBrowning’sRabbiBenEzratwicewhenhewasyoun
7、ger,so,ofcourse,knewitbyheart.Mostofitwasobscuretohim,butthosefirstthreelineshadbecomeonewiththebeatingofhishearttheselastfewyears.Heintonedthemtohimself,deepwithinthesilentfortressofhismind,thatverysunnyandverybrightearlysummerdayof1949:“Growoldalongwithme!Thebestis
8、yettobe,Thelastoflife,forwhichthefirstwasmade...”Schwartzfeltthattoitsfullness.AfterthestrugglesofyouthinEuropeandthoseofhisearlyma
