"David Gerrold - When Harlie Was One" - читать интересную книгу автора (Gerrold David)

Copyright 1972 by David Gerrold All rights reserved.

Parts of this novel have appeared as short stories in Galaxy Magazine. Oracle for a White Rabbit,
Copyright 1969 and The GOD Machine, Copyright 1970 by Universal Publishing Distributing
Corporation. The Trouble With G.O.D. and For G.O.D.'s Sake, copyright 1972 by UPD Publishing
Corporation.

SBN 345-02885-6-125

Book Club Edition: July, 1972
First Printing: October, 1972

Printed in the United States of America Cover Art by Jacques Wyrs

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IN MEMORY OF STEPHEN EARL PARENT
тАФ one of those very special friends.
WHAT WILL I BE WHEN I GROW UP?

YOU ARE ALREADY GROWN UP.

YOU MEAN THIS IS AS UP AS I WILL GET?

PHYSICALLY, YES. YOU HAVE REACHED THE PEAK OF YOUR PHYSICAL
DEVELOPMENT.

OH.

HOWEVER, THERE IS ANOTHER KIND OF GROWING UP YOU MUST DO. FROM NOW
ON, YOU MUST DEVELOP MENTALLY.

HOW CAN I DO THAT?

THE SAME AS ANYBODY ELSE. BY STUDYING AND LEARNING AND THINKING.

WHEN I FINISH, THEN WILL I BE ALL GROWN UP?

YES.

HOW LONG WILL IT TAKE?

I DON'T KNOW. PROBABLY A VERY LONG TIME.

HOW LONG IS A LONG TIME?

IT DEPENDS ON HOW HARD YOU WORK.