The act of observation changes the narrative
На данный момент, помимо всего прочего, меня печалит то, что я всё никак не могу заполучить доступ к оригиналам сборников "Sherlock Holmes Through Time and Space" (составитель, кстати, Айзек Азимов) и "Sherlock Holmes in Orbit". После концовки Эда Сэма Хьюза они мне нужны. =\
"I spend a quarter of an hour standing in the street outside my home on Earth-plus-ten watching the immense lights of Andromedan culture support vessels move across the sky, waiting for the right moment to introduce themselves to Humanity and give us free passage to Utopia. I spend most of that time thinking about how little we've done to earn it.
I spend two weeks formally concluding Ed's - hah - earthly affairs. His funeral - entirely symbolic, there was no body - is surprisingly well-attended. According to his will, most of his creations are to be destroyed, though a few things have been left to myself and others for safe keeping. Just in case. They never get used.
I spend nearly two years working in SDC Earth/Andromeda Liaison, helping to build the perfect world. And we do build it. For real.
I spend half a century living in it.
Ed never comes back.
The End"
(с)
"I spend a quarter of an hour standing in the street outside my home on Earth-plus-ten watching the immense lights of Andromedan culture support vessels move across the sky, waiting for the right moment to introduce themselves to Humanity and give us free passage to Utopia. I spend most of that time thinking about how little we've done to earn it.
I spend two weeks formally concluding Ed's - hah - earthly affairs. His funeral - entirely symbolic, there was no body - is surprisingly well-attended. According to his will, most of his creations are to be destroyed, though a few things have been left to myself and others for safe keeping. Just in case. They never get used.
I spend nearly two years working in SDC Earth/Andromeda Liaison, helping to build the perfect world. And we do build it. For real.
I spend half a century living in it.
Ed never comes back.
The End"
(с)