"Samuel R. Delany - Nova" - читать интересную книгу автора (Delaney Samuel R)

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NOVA -- SAMUEL R. DELANY -- August, 1968



A passion for vengeance drove Captain Lorq Von Ray to dare what no mortal had ever done -- to sail
through the splintering core of a disintegrating sun.

Von Ray's obsession drew aimless souls into the vortex of his madness -- wandering adventurers who
would plug into any ship that promised escape:

MOUSE: A young gypsy, he created blindingly beautiful visions on the syrynx, an instrument of
sensor projection.

IDAS and LYNCEOS: Twins from the outer colonies, one black, one albino.

SEBASTIAN: A golden-haired man who traveled the stars with his Tarot-reading mate and six black-
taloned beasts.

KATIN: The scholar who loved the silent moons of the universe above all the powerful suns and
gaudy planets.


To Bernard and Iva Kay

ACKNOWLEDGMENT

The author gratefully acknowledges the invaluable aid of Helen Adam and Russell FitzGerald with
problems of Grail and Tarot lore. Without their help NOVA would cast much dimmer light.




Chapter One

Draco, Triton, Hell3, 3172



"Hey, Mouse! Play us something," one of the mechanics called from the bar.

"Didn't get signed on no ship yet?" chided the other. "Your spinal socket'll rust up. Come on,
give us a number."

The Mouse stopped running his finger around the rim of his glass. Wanting to say "no" he began a
"yes." Then he frowned.

The mechanics frowned too: