"John DeChancie - Castle 04 - Castle War" - читать интересную книгу автора (Dechancie John)

тАЬVery good school,тАЭ Dalton said, impressed. тАЬWhy computers?тАЭ

тАЬWell, Gene has always had this inferiority thing about his not being very good in magic. He needs to
compensate. Computers he thinks he can handle.тАЭ

Jeremy Hochstader came in yawning. He looked in his teens but was a bit older.

тАЬSpeakinтАЩ of computers,тАЭ Deena said, тАЬhere comes the whiz kid now.тАЭ

тАЬMorning, everybody,тАЭ Jeremy said between yawns. тАЬSorry. Up all night with the castle mainframe
again.тАЭ

тАЬHowтАЩs the rebuilding going?тАЭ Dalton asked.

тАЬOh, so-so. The CPU is working but the operating system is still full of bugs.тАЭ Jeremy helped himself to
eggs and bacon.

Linda said, тАЬGene also thinks he can help with the magic if he learns computers.тАЭ

тАЬMagic and computers,тАЭ Deena said with a shake of her head. тАЬCrazy.тАЭ

тАЬIncantations, pentacles, all that stuff is old-fashioned,тАЭ Jeremy said. тАЬWhy canтАЩt you run a spell through
a computer?тАЭ

тАЬWhy not?тАЭ Deena said with a shrug.



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тАЬCanтАЩt stop progress,тАЭ Jeremy said.

тАЬI also think that Gene needs to get back to reality,тАЭ Linda said. тАЬI think maybe all of us need to get back
sometimes.тАЭ

тАЬNot me,тАЭ Dalton said. тАЬIтАЩll take the castle over reality any day.тАЭ

Thaxton buttered some toast while commenting, тАЬAccording to our host, the castle is reality. Everything
else is just an adjunct.тАЭ

тАЬWhatтАЩs an adjunct?тАЭ Deena asked.

тАЬSomething thatтАЩs secondary. The castle creates all the worlds it provides access to.тАЭ

Linda said, тАЬWell, thatтАЩs not entirely true. The way I understand it тАФ I mean, the way Lord Incarnadine
explained it to me тАФ is that there are an infinite number of possible universes, but they donтАЩt really exist
in the normal sense. They just sort of hang out there until the castle makes them тАж real, I guess.тАЭ

тАЬThatтАЩs more or less it,тАЭ Thaxton said.