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Название книги: Tricentennial
Автор(ы): Joe Haldeman
Жанр: Научная Фантастика
Адрес книги: http://www.6lib.ru/books/Tricentennial-162918.html
Tricentennial
December 1975Scientists pointed out that the Sun could be part of a double star system. For its companion to have gone undetected, of course, it would have to be small and dim, and thousands of astronomical units distant.They would find it eventually; “it” would turn out to be “them”; they would come in handy.January 2075The office was opulent even by the extravagant standards of twenty-first-century Washington. Senator Connors had a passion for antiques. One wall was lined with leather-bound books; a large brass telescope symbolized his role as Liaison to the Science Guild. An intricately woven Navajo rug from his home state covered most of the parquet floor. A grandfather clock. Paintings, old maps.The computer terminal was discreetly hidden in the top drawer of his heavy teak desk. On the desk: a blotter, a precisely centered fountain pen set, and a century-old sound-only black Bell telephone. It chimed.His secretary said that Dr. Leventhal was waiting to see him. “Keep answering me for t
Название книги: Tricentennial
Автор(ы): Joe Haldeman
Жанр: Научная Фантастика
Адрес книги: http://www.6lib.ru/books/Tricentennial-162918.html
Tricentennial
December 1975Scientists pointed out that the Sun could be part of a double star system. For its companion to have gone undetected, of course, it would have to be small and dim, and thousands of astronomical units distant.They would find it eventually; “it” would turn out to be “them”; they would come in handy.January 2075The office was opulent even by the extravagant standards of twenty-first-century Washington. Senator Connors had a passion for antiques. One wall was lined with leather-bound books; a large brass telescope symbolized his role as Liaison to the Science Guild. An intricately woven Navajo rug from his home state covered most of the parquet floor. A grandfather clock. Paintings, old maps.The computer terminal was discreetly hidden in the top drawer of his heavy teak desk. On the desk: a blotter, a precisely centered fountain pen set, and a century-old sound-only black Bell telephone. It chimed.His secretary said that Dr. Leventhal was waiting to see him. “Keep answering me for t
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