"Samuel R. Delany - Time Considered as a Helix of Semi-Precious Stones" - читать интересную книгу автора (Delaney Samuel R)

тАЬDonтАЩt be dense. I was looking for a guy who used to hang around that bar. He was pretty efficient.тАЭ
And half the Hudson away a water-bound foil skimmed above the foam. On her deck were parked a
dozen helicoptersтАФbeing ferried up to the Patrol Field near Verrazano, no doubt. But for moments I
looked back and forth between the boy and the transport, getting all paranoid about Maud. But the boat
mmmmed into the darkness. тАЬMy man got a little cut up this evening.тАЭ

Hawk put the tips of his fingers in his pockets and shifted his position.

тАЬWhich leaves me up tight. I didnтАЩt think heтАЩd take them all but at least he could have turned me on to
some other people who might.тАЭ

тАЬIтАЩm going to a party later on this eveningтАЭтАФhe paused to gnaw on the wreck of his little
fingernailтАФтАЬwhere you might be able to sell them. Alexis Spinnel is having a party for Regina Abolafia at
Tower Top.тАЭ

тАЬTower TopтАж ?тАЭ It had been a while since I palled around with Hawk. HellтАЩs Kitchen at ten; Tower
Top at midnightтАФ

тАЬIтАЩm just going because Edna Silem will be there.тАЭ

Edna Silem is New YorkтАЩs eldest Singer.

Senator AbolafiaтАЩs name had ribboned above me in lights once that evening. And somewhere among the
endless magazines IтАЩd perused coming in from Mars I remember Alexis SpinnelтАЩs name sharing a
paragraph with an awful lot of money.

тАЬIтАЩd like to see Edna again,тАЭ I said offhandedly. тАЬBut she wouldnтАЩt remember me.тАЭ Folk like Spinnel and
his social ilk have a little game, IтАЩd discovered during the first leg of my acquaintance with Hawk. He who
can get the most Singers of the City under one roof wins. There are five Singers of New York (a tie for
second place with Lux on Iapetus). Tokyo leads with seven. тАЬItтАЩs a two Singer party?тАЭ

тАЬMore likely fourтАжif I go.тАЭ

The inaugural ball for the mayor gets four.

I raised the appropriate eyebrow.

тАЬI have to pick up the Word from Edna. It changes tonight.тАЭ

тАЬAll right,тАЭ I said. тАЬI donтАЩt know what you have in mind but IтАЩm game.тАЭ I closed the case.

We walked back towards Times Square. When we got to Eighth Avenue and the first of the plastiplex,
Hawk stopped. тАЬWait a minute,тАЭ he said. Then he buttoned his jacket up to his neck. тАЬOkay.тАЭ

Strolling through the streets of New York with a Singer (two years back IтАЩd spent much time wondering
if that were wise for a man of my profession) is probably the best camouflage possible for a man of my
profession. Think of the last time you glimpsed your favorite Tri-D star turning the corner of
Fifty-seventh. Now be honest. Would you really recognize the little guy in the tweed jacket half a pace
behind him?