标题: 《The demolished man》作者： - Alfred Bester【EPUB】 [打印本页] 作者: zaq 时间: 2013-11-5 09:30 标题: 《The demolished man》作者： - Alfred Bester【EPUB】 Alfred20Bester/Rester20Alfred20-20Demolished20Man20The.txt Alfred Bester. The Demolished Man Alfred Bester The Demolished Man 1951 ------------------- 1 Explosion Concussion The vault doors burst open. And deep insidethe money is racked ready for pillage rapine loot. Whos that Whosinside the vault Oh God The Man With No Face Looking. Looming. Silent.Horrible. Run... Run... Run or Ill miss the Paris Pneumatique and that exquisite girl withher flower face and figure of passion. Theres time if I run. But thatisnt the Guard before the gate. Oh Christ The Man With No Face. Looking.Looming. Silent. Dont scream. Stop screaming... But Im not screaming. Im singing on a stage of sparkling marblewhile the music soars and the lights burn. But theres no one out there inthe amphitheater. A great shadowed pit... empty except for one spectator.Silent. Staring. Looming. The Man With No Face. And this time his scream had sound. Ben Reich awoke. He lay quietly in the hydropatlhic bed while his heart shuddered andhis eyes focused at random on in the room simulating a calm he could notfeel. The walls of green jade the nightlight in the porcelain mandarinwhose head nodded interminably if you touched him the multi-clock thatradiated the time of three planets and six satellites the bed itself acrystal pool flowing with carbonated glycerine at ninety-nine point nineFahrenheit. The door opened softly and Jonas appeared in the gloom a shadow inpuce sleeping suit a shade with the face of a horse and the bearing of anundertaker. quotAgainquot Reich asked. quotYes Mr. Reich.quot quotLoudquot quotVery loud sir. And terrified.quot