标题: 《The Peace War 》作者:- Vernor Vinge 【EPUB】 [打印本页]

作者: zaq    时间: 2014-4-14 08:39
标题: 《The Peace War 》作者:- Vernor Vinge 【EPUB】
One hundred kilometers below and nearly two hundred away, the shore of the Beaufort Sea didn't look much like the common image of the arctic: Summer was far advanced in the Northern Hemisphere, and a pale green spread across the land, shading here and there to the darker tones of grass. Life had a tenacious hold, leaving only an occasional peninsula or mountain range gray and bone. Captain Allison Parker, USAF, shifted as far as the restraint harness would permit, trying to get the best view she could over the pilot's shoulder. During the greater part of a mission, she had a much better view than any of the "truck-drivers," but she never tired of looking out, and when the view was the hardest to obtain, it became the most desirable. Angus Quiller, the pilot, leaned forward, all his attention on the retrofire readout. Angus was a nice guy, but he didn't waste time looking out. Like many pilots — and some mission specialists — he had accepted his environment without much continuing wonder. But Allison had always been the type to look out windows. When she was very young, her father had taken her flying. She could never decide what





欢迎光临 (http://zasq.com/) Powered by Discuz! X3.2