Аннотация
Jack McDevitt
Chindi
Do not use driftwood to make a fire because it may have been cast on the waters by a chindi, who will then track you by its light.
— Navajo tabooIn the forests of the night,At the edge of the world,The trees run on forever.— Ivy Haemon. Collected Poems, 2114We are in a sense still gathered around our campfires, telling each other stories, wondering what’s out there in the dark. And we still do not know. We still cannot see beyond the pale cast of the flickering light.
— Spenser Abbott. Bending the Symmetries, 2201Live from Babylon and Ur,
From Athens and Alexandria and Rome, The voices of a thousand generations, Press us,
Urge us on.
— Tia Kosanna, The Long View, 2044Acknowledgments
I’m indebted to David L. Dawson, M.D., NASA Johnson Space Center, and to Walter Cuirle, for technical assistance; to Holly McClure, for the chindi; to Christopher Schelling for his staying power with titles; to Ralph Vicinanza for alway...
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