标题: 《The Meek》作者： - Damien Broderick【EPUB】 [打印本页] 作者: zaq 时间: 2014-2-21 07:41 标题: 《The Meek》作者： - Damien Broderick【EPUB】 The Meek DAMIEN BRODERICK Damien Broderick has been publishing sf criticism and science-fiction in Australia and overseas for more than 40 years. He received the 2005 Distinguished Scholarship Award from the International Association for the Fantastic in the Arts, and is currently working on the sequel to his new novel Godplayers, written with the support of the Literature Board of the Australia Council. He is a senior fellow in the Department of English at Melbourne University, and is commuting at present between Melbourne and San Antonio, Texas. “The Meek” is a post-nanotechnological fable that reworks (as, in the story, nanotech reworks the very fabric of the world) a post-nuclear piece first published when I was 19, in the Monash University Arts magazine Ancora.” * * * * And seeing the multitudes, Jesus went up into a mountain: and when he was set, his disciples came unto him: And he opened his mouth, and taught them, saving, Blessed are the poor in spirit: for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. Blessed are they that mourn: for they shall he comforted. Blessed are the meek: for they shall inherit the earth. The Gospel of St. Matthew, 5:1—5 I n the childhood of the garden there is much I remember, much I regret. And much has brought me pleasure. I see in memory the great spindles floating effortless as snowflakes, bright against the sky’s iron. The rust of time obscures these