Название: Walcot
Автор: Brian Aldiss
Издательство: HarperCollins
Жанр: Научная фантастика
isbn: 9780007482276
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BRIAN ALDISS
Walcot
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Copyright © Brian Aldiss 2009
First published in Great Britain by Goldmark 2009
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Source ISBN: 978-0-00-748226-9
Ebook Edition © December 2015 ISBN: 978-0-00-748227-6
Version: 2015-10-19
To Ronnie
with remembrance of Ruth
with regards as always
God forbid that we should give out a dream of our own imagination for a pattern of the world.
– Francis Bacon
Novum Organum
Contents
Chapter 8: Kendal, of All Places
Chapter 10: A Slight Change of Plan
Chapter 11: Carnage on the Road
Chapter 13: ‘We’re Okay Here …’