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1、ArthurCClarke-TheLightofOtherDaysPrologueBobbycouldseetheEarth,completeandserene,withinitscageofsilvertight.FingersofgreenandbluepushedintothenewdesertsofAsiaandtheNorthAmericanMidwest.ArtificialreefsglimmeredintheCaribbean,paleblueagainstthedeeperocean.Greatwispymachineslaboredovert
2、hepolestorepairtheatmosphere.Theairwasclearasglass,fornowmankinddrewitsenergyfromthecoreofEarthitself.AndBobbyknewthatifhechose,withamereeffortofwill,hecouldlookbackintotime.HecouldwatchcitiesbloomonEarth'spatientsur-face,todwindleandvanishlikerustydew.Hecouldseespeciesshrivelanddevo
3、lvelikeleavescurlingintotheirbuds.HecouldwatchtheslowdanceofthecontinentsasEarthgathereditsprimordialheatbackintoitsironheart.Thepresentwasaglimmering,expandingbubbleoflifeandawareness,withthepastlockedwithin,trappedunmovinglikeaninsectinamber.Foralongtime,onthisrich,growingEarth,emb
4、ed-dedinknowledge,anenhancedhumankindhadbeenatpeace:apeaceunimaginablewhenhewasborn.Andallofthishadderivedfrommeambitionofoneman—avenal,flawedman,amanwhohadneverevenunderstoodwherehisdreamswouldlead.Howremarkable,hethought.Bobbylookedintohispast,andintohisheart.THEGOLDFISHBOWLWe...kn
5、owhowcruelthetruthSoftenis,andwewonderwhetherdelusionisnotmoreconsoling.—HenriPoincare(18S4-1912)THECASIMIRENGINEAlittleafterdawn,VitalyKeldyshclimbedstifflyintohiscar,engagedtheSmartDrive,andletthecarsweephimawayfromtherun-downhotel.ThestreetsofLeninskwereempty,theroadsurfacecracked
6、,manywindowsboardedup.Herememberedhowthisplacehadbeenatitspeak,inthe1970sper-haps:abustlingsciencecitywithapopulationoftensofthousands,withschools,cinemas,aswimmingpool,asportsstadium,cafes.restaurantsandhotels,evenitsownTVstation.*-Still,ashepassedmemaingatewaytomenorthofthecity,the
7、rewasmeoldbluesignwithitswhitepoint-ingarrow:TOBAIKONUR,stillproclaimingthatancientdeceptivename.Andstill,hereattheemptyheartofAsia,Russianengineersbuiltspaceshipsandfiredmemintothesky.But,hereflectedsadly,notformuchlonger.Thesunroseatlast,andbanishedthestars:allbutone,hesaw,thebrigh
8、testofall.It
