《Procrustes 》作者：- Larry Niven【EPUB】

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First published in Bridging the Galaxies, 1993 Fictionwise www.fictionwise.com Science Fiction --------------------------------- NOTICE: This work is copyrighted. It is licensed only for use by the original purchaser. Duplication or distribution of this work by email, floppy disk, network, paper print out, or any other method is a violation of international copyright law and subjects the violator to severe fines and/or imprisonment. --------------------------------- Asleep, my mind plays it all back in fragments and dreams. From time to time a block of nerves wakes: _That's some kind of ARM weapon! Move it move it too late BLAM. My head rolls loose on black sand. Bones shattered, ribs and spine. Fear worse than the agony. Agony fading_ and I'm gone. Legs try to kick. Nothing moves. Again, harder, _move! No go. The 'doc floats nicely on the lift plate, but its mass is resisting me. Push! Voice behind me, I turn, she's holding some kind of tube. BLAM. My head bounces on sand. Agony flaring, sensation fading. Try to hang on, stay lucid ... but everything turns mellow._ My balance swings wildly around my inner ear. _Where's the planet's axis? Fafnir doesn't have polar caps.