英文名著--Martian Time Slip - Philip K. Dick.pdf

MARTIAN TIME-SLIP Philip K. Dick 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 To Mark and Jodie 1 From the depths of phenobarbital sl mber, Silvia Bohlen heard something that called. Sharp, it broke the layers into which she had s nk, damaging her perfect state of nonself. Mom, her son called again, from o tdoors. Sitting p, she took a swallow of water from the glass by the bed; she p t her bare feet on the floor and rose with diffic lty. Time by the clock: nine-thirty. She fo nd her robe, walked to the window. I m st not take any more of that, she tho ght. Better to s cc mb to the schizophrenic process, join the rest of the world. She raised the window shade; the s nlight, with its familiar reddish, d sty tinge, filled her sight and made it impossible to see. She p t p her hand, calling, What is it, David? Mom, the ditch riders here! Then this m st be Wednesday. She nodded, t rned and walked nsteadily from the bedroom to the kitchen, where she managed to p t on the good, solid, Earth-made coffeepot. What m