标题: 《Grimes 043 The Dutchman 》作者：- A. Bertram Chandler【EPUB】 [打印本页] 作者: zaq 时间: 2013-4-22 16:20 标题: 《Grimes 043 The Dutchman 》作者：- A. Bertram Chandler【EPUB】 Free as the photon gales Grimes was still haunted by his genetic heritageA. Bertram ChandlerTHE DUTCHMANIGRIMES was packing his overnight bag without much enthusiasm.quotDo you have to goquot asked Sonya.He replied rather testily quotI dont have to do anything. But thelight-jammers have always been my babies and Ive always made a point ofseeing them in and seeing them out.quotquotBut Coldharbor Bay And in midwinter There are times my dear when Istrongly suspect that I married a masochist.quotquotIf only you were a sadist wed live happily forever afterquot he retorted. quotAndif you were a masochist youd be coming with me to Port Ericson.quotquotNot bloody likelyquot she told him. quotWhy you couldnt have arranged for yourprecious lightjammers to berth somewhere in what passes for the Tropicson this dismal planet is beyond my comprehension.quotquotThere were reasonsquot he said.Yes there were reasons one of the most important being that alightjammer is a potential super-bomb with a yield greatly in excess of thatof the most devastating nuclear fusion weapon. The essential guts of astar-sailer is the sphere of anti-matter contraterrene iron held suspendedin vacuum by powerful magnetic fields. In theory there is no possibility thatthe antimatter will ever come in contact with normal matter—but historyhas a long record of disasters giving dreadful proof that theory and practicedo not always march hand in hand. The terminal port for the lightjammerstherefore was located in a region of Lorn uninhabited save by a handful offur trappers. It would have been at the South Pole itself but for