"Chalker, Jack L - DG1 - The River of the Dancing Gods" - читать интересную книгу автора (Chalker Jack L)toward your universe, an equal suction of sorts was created
that resulted in the creation of another world -- indeed, another whole universe on the other side of here. The force of it was such that it was totally complete -- but it wasn't the universe 24 THE RIVER OF DANCING GODS He was interested in. Realizing, though, that it was there. He turned it over to associates who were around. Angels, you might call 'em, although that's far too simple a term." Ruddygore paused to Stuff his face with gobs of meat and cheese, washed everything down with most of a pitcher of wine, then continued. "The other universe was, of course, a mess, since it was more or less a backwash of yours. Much natural law held, but not enough to make any real sense out of it. It was chaos. How it was in reality is totally beyond imagination, I assure you, but it was an environment more alien than any other planet in obvious to those -- angels -- in charge that it must be stabilized, must have rules like those in the universe you know. But these were, after all, angels, not the Creator, and they could only shape what the Creator had wrought, not really change it. The result was a set of Laws, absolute Laws, governing how my universe and my world would operate. These Laws incorporate the basic physical laws needed for such a place to exist at all, but only the Creator can think of everything. Thus, the Laws of my world are, shall we say, soft. The simple ones, partic- ularly on the local level, are subject to change." "Huh?" the woman responded. "You mean, nine out often times that you drop a rock it goes down the way it should -- but one in ten times it might go up? Or just stay there, suspended in midair?" "Ah, something like that," the sorcerer replied. "Basically, that rock will drop every single time -- unless someone with the knowledge and the will applies them to that specific rock. It won't do otherwise on its own, I assure you." "This -- place we're goin'," Joe put in. "It's got people and stuff?" |
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