"Nancy Kress - Sex and Violence" - читать интересную книгу автора (Kress Nancy)

The [lab assistant] displayed an image on [his] [not translatable].
[Mghzl] recoiled. The energy of the recoil, traveling in all directions, made a
tiny tear in space-time which immediately underwent a flop transition into a
new orientation within one six-dimensional Calabi-Yau space. тАЬThey look
like that?тАЭ

тАЬYes.тАЭ

тАЬHave they spread beyond the one planet?тАЭ

тАЬNot yet.тАЭ

[Mghzl] [sighed]. тАЬBegin an [official investigation] into the spore
release. And send an [exterminator/cleanser/cover-up team]. We canтАЩt have
uncontrolled [vermin-like beings] infesting that part of the galaxy.тАЭ

The [lab assistant] hesitated. тАЬI would like...тАЭ

тАЬYes?тАЭ

тАЬI would like to ... to study them.тАЭ

[Mghzl] [blinked]. тАЬWhy?тАЭ

тАЬFor my [hopelessly untranslatable term]. They ... I know this is
incredible, but currently theyтАЩre evolving through mating by direct physical
joining with direct exchange of bodily tissues.тАЭ

[Mghzl] [shuddered]. Space-time warped in several dimensions. тАЬNo!тАЭ

тАЬYes.тАЭ

тАЬHow could evolution ... oh, all right. Study them. But only for one [long
unit of time], and only if thereтАЩs no spread of the infestation.тАЭ

тАЬAgreed.тАЭ
 тАЬAfter that, the [exterminator/cleanser/cover-up team].тАЭ

тАЬYes. Thank you, [honorific involving terms not only untranslatable but
capable of undermining human civilization].тАЭ

****

тАЬThirty-two modules to make a proto-cell,тАЭ Emily recited, squinting at
her notes.

тАЬI think itтАЩs тАШmolecules,тАЩтАЬ Jim said. God, she had such a body.

тАЬDo you think itтАЩll be on the test?тАЭ