"Victor Koman - Death's Dimensions" - читать интересную книгу автора (Koman Victor)

ItтАЩs March seventh, twenty-one-aught-seven. YouтАЩve been interned for
eleven years, ever since you tried to kill yourself by flying into the PacRim
Pyramid. Do you remember that?тАЭ
KinneyтАЩs blond eyebrows knotted in thought. He shook his head as best
he could beneath his bandages.
Trine scrolled to another page. She held her voice at a professionally flat
level. тАЬJune twelfth, twenty-ninety-four. After the funerary processing of
your wife Jenine, you piloted your flyer over downtown St. Frisco toward
the PacRim Pyramid. Instead of hitting the side of the building, you
flipped into a power dive toward Market Street. Your crash killed four
people. You would have done even worse during a workday.тАЭ
Virgil stared blankly, slowly shaking his head. тАЬThey were clones,тАЭ he
offered weakly.
She glanced at the scrim тАЬTwo clonesтАФa direct, a sexflip, and their two
natural-born children. The primogenitor sued for loss of lineage and
Tri-World Life paid off. Then they sent you here.тАЭ
 Virgil nodded. Softly, Delia said, тАЬYou donтАЩt really want to die, do you?тАЭ
The Pharmaceutic gazed at the indicators. тАЬGalvanic response shooting
up,тАЭ he whispered to her. тАЬThatтАЩs a key question.тАЭ
She nodded without shifting her eyes. тАЬIf you donтАЩt want to die, why
bother trying? Publicity hound?тАЭ
Virgil lay mute, his gaze indecipherable.
She leaned closer. тАЬNot likelyтАФthree of your attempts were made in
wilderness areas. You managed to be found barely alive each time.тАЭ A
strand of her ebon hair fell from around her neck. Virgil watched it sway
in time to her words. тАЬYou are here because I think your conflicting
dichotomy of a death wish and death aversion combined with
astonishingly good luck is a mix we can use to our mutual benefit.тАЭ She
turned toward the Pharmaceutic. тАЬBegin sublimins, Steve.тАЭ
The gray man muttered a series of commands to the lab computer.
Gazing more intently at Kinney, Trine said, тАЬYou earned a degree in
nexialism from Mises University, which means you know a little bit about
everything. That will help, because IтАЩm going to give you and your new
memories a refresher course in physics. Keep in mind the following nexus:
physics is the economics of efficient atomic interaction, and
multi-dimensional mathematics is the topography of cosmology.тАЭ
She pulled up a chair to sit beside Virgil. тАЬNow, all sub-atomic particles
are composed of combinations of just two bounded energy quanta, one
positive, one negative. Their overall sum determines the mass of the
particle, its charge, and whether it is matter or anti-matter. Their
topographical interaction determines such aspects as charm, spin,
strangeness andтАжтАЭ


Kinney lay upon the cool black sudahyde couch, his yellowed bandages
looking whiter in contrast. His chest rose and fell in short whiffs and
exhalations. The room smelled of formaldehyde and disinfectant. Through
his narrow field of view, he gazed at the silent bank of instruments against
the wall.
Three days. Three days and I still donтАЩt understand her code. IтАЩve got