"Rudy Rucker - Master Of Space And Time" - читать интересную книгу автора (Rucker Rudy)

could see beyond his cheek and out his windowтАФ
out there was the head of a yet larger giant, and so
on and on, forever up and down. I was embedded
in a doubly infinite regress. Why on earth had I
asked for this? And how had Harry done it? I had
to escape!

I flung open my car door, jumped out, and
found myself on the seat of the giant's car. When I
looked out the giant's car door, I could see the
giant, standing on the seat of a yet larger car, and
staring out at the yet larger giant. Looking back
into my own car, I could see the little model on the
seat, and the thumb-sized Fletcher standing next
to it and staring back in at the ant-sized Fletcher
on the model's seat. No matter how fast I turned, I
could never see myself face to face.

I threw myself back into my car and turned on
the radio. Static crackled from my speaker and
from the endless speakers beyond and within my
car. Static, and then a voice, a strangely familiar
voice.

-THE RED GLUONS ONLY WORK ONCE," said the radio.

"Hi?" I called questioningly. The giant Fletcher
outside roared along, and from the tiny car on the
seat came thumb-sized Fletcher's squeak: "Hi?"

"USE BLUE GLUONS THE SECOND TIME."

"What's your name?"

"IT'S A TYPE OF EXCLUSION PRINCIPLE."

"Please help me get out."

"LIGHT THE FUSE."

Silence fell. After a minute I flicked off the
radio. Just then something bounced off my cheek.
It was the miniature dynamite stick that Harry had
thrown at meтАФhow long ago? Time was all messed
up.

I picked up the dynamite and struck a match.
The larger and smaller Fletchers did the same
thing. I lit the fuse and tossed the dynamite out the
window. A tiny, tiny version of it flew out the