"George Alec Effinger - Slow, Slow Burn" - читать интересную книгу автора (Effinger George Alec)

wishing he'd worn a shirt, because he is sweating heavily in the hot,

stale air of the studio and his naked back is sticking to the black

vinyl padding of the chair. He peels himself away and leans forward,

checking meters and digital readouts that don't really need checking.

Honey is a consummate performer. It's as if she had an accurate


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internal clock ticking behind her forehead, cuing her: 00:00 initiate

encounter, 00:30 initiate foreplay with passionate kiss, 00:45

experience preliminary arousal.... They are seven minutes, ten

seconds into the 30-minute recording. By the outline on Kit's

clipboard, Honey is supposed to begin oral stimulation at 07:15, and

goddamn, if she isn't already sliding down the boy's tanned body. No

cue cards, she doesn't even need hand signals. Kit pretends to check

the levels again, then turns away from the big glass window.

Kit had his brain wired long before he met Honey. If he wanted, he

could jack into a socket on the board and feel just what the Italian

boy is feeling, or he could jack into another socket and eavesdrop on

Honey. Kit doesn't need to peek on the boy's responses, because

he's been married to Honey for five years, and she's every bit as

good live, in person, as she is on cassette. At the age of 45, Honey

P├нlar is still the most desired woman in the world. One out of every
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