"Kim Stanley Robinson - Forty Signs of Rain" - читать интересную книгу автора (Robinson Kim Stanley)

the white dome of the Capitol, the air shimmered; Congress was a roaring thermal so hot that no cloud
could form in it.

Oh yesтАФthere were big spirits above this low city, hammering one another like Zeus and his crowd, or
Odin, or Krishna, or all of them at once. To make oneтАЩs way in a world like that one had to blow like the
North Wind.



He had fallen into a slumber as deep as JoeтАЩs when his phone rang. He answered it before waking, his
head snapping dangerously on his neck.

тАЬWha.тАЭ

тАЬCharlie? Charlie, where are you? We need you down here right now.тАЭ

тАЬIтАЩm already down here.тАЭ

тАЬReally? ThatтАЩs great. Charlie?тАЭ
тАЬYes, Roy?тАЭ

тАЬLook, Charlie, sorry to bother you, but Phil is out of town and IтАЩve got to meet with Senator Ellington
in twenty minutes, and we just got a call from the White House saying that Dr. Strangelove wants to meet
with us to talk about PhilтАЩs climate bill. It sounds like theyтАЩre ready to listen, maybe ready to talk too, or
even to deal. We need someone to get over there.тАЭ

тАЬNow?тАЭ

тАЬNow. YouтАЩve got to get over there.тАЭ

тАЬIтАЩm already over there, but look, I canтАЩt. IтАЩve got Joe here with me. Where is Phil again?тАЭ

тАЬSan Francisco.тАЭ

тАЬWasnтАЩt Wade supposed to get back?тАЭ

тАЬNo heтАЩs still in Antarctica. Listen Charlie, thereтАЩs no one here who can do this right but you.тАЭ

тАЬWhat about Andrea?тАЭ Andrea Palmer was PhilтАЩs legislative director, the person in charge of all his bills.

тАЬSheтАЩs in New York today. Besides youтАЩre the point man on this, itтАЩs your bill more than anyone elseтАЩs
and you know it inside and out.тАЭ

тАЬBut IтАЩve got Joe!тАЭ

тАЬMaybe you can take Joe along.тАЭ

тАЬYeah right.тАЭ

тАЬHey, why not? WonтАЩt he be taking a nap soon?тАЭ