标题: 《The Crime and the Glory Of Commander Suzdal》作者: - Cordwainer Smith【EPU [打印本页]

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标题: 《The Crime and the Glory Of Commander Suzdal》作者: - Cordwainer Smith【EPU
THE CRIME AND THE GLORY OF COMMANDER SUZDAL Do not read this story; turn the page quickly. The story may upset you. Anyhow, you probably know it already. It is a very disturbing story. Everyone knows it. The glory and the crime of Commander Suzdal have been told in a thousand different ways. Don't let yourself realize that the story really is the truth. It isn't. Not at all. There's not a bit of truth to it. There is no such planet as Arachosia, no such people as klopts, no such world as Catland. These are all just imaginary, they didn't happen, forget about it, go away and read something else. The Beginning Commander Suzdal was sent forth in a shell-ship to explore the outermost reaches of our galaxy. His ship was called a cruiser, but he was the only man in it. He was equipped with hypnotics and cubes to provide him the semblance of company, a large crowd of friendly people who could be convoked out of his own hallucinations. The Instrumentality even offered him some choice in his imaginary companions, each of whom was embodied in a small ceramic cube containing the brain of a small animal but imprinted with the personality of an actual human being. Suzdal, a short, stocky man with a jolly smile, was blunt about his needs: "Give me two good security officers. I can manage the




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